Water levels high, things much as they have been. Highlight was a Red-necked Phalarope picked out by Tony Shrimpton at Puddler's Marsh, and an excellent roost flight of blackbirds as seen from Mays Point. 58-60 Great Egrets at Mays between 7 and 8pm, about half of them in roost position. 11 at Knox-Marsellus earlier. Best shorebird spot was Puddler.
Six Sandhill Cranes were at K-M on Sunday night. Dave Wheeler Oswego County, NY Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Aug 24, 2011 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: with Tony Shrimpton 15 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal X Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 11 Bald Eagle 3 Northern Harrier 1 Sandhill Crane 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 1 in the weeds as seen from Towpath Rd Ring-billed Gull 5 Caspian Tern 3 Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Aug 24, 2011 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: with Tony Shrimpton 17 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Great Blue Heron X Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 one with a suspicious bill Least Sandpiper 20 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Stilt Sandpiper 1 juv. Short-billed Dowitcher 4 juveniles Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 5 didn't look carefully at them Red-necked Phalarope 1 Ring-billed Gull 10 Caspian Tern 20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Aug 24, 2011 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: with Tony Shrimpton 22 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck 5 Mallard 12 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 4 Green-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron 1 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Ring-billed Gull 2 Caspian Tern 2 Chimney Swift 1 Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow 1 Barn Swallow X European Starling X American Goldfinch 2 Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Aug 24, 2011 6:30 PM - 6:50 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: with Tony Shrimpton 15 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Purple Martin 40 Tree Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 10 European Starling 5 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Aug 24, 2011 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: with Tony Shrimpton; excellent roost flight of Red-winged Blackbirds 23 species Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan 1 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 5 Green-winged Teal 5 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 58 58-60; no wing tags; about 30 were pre-roosting on the mud flat Osprey 1 Sandhill Crane 2 flew in Semipalmated Plover 1 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Bonaparte's Gull 1 juv. Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 European Starling X Red-winged Blackbird 5000 approximate Common Grackle X not sure how many Brown-headed Cowbird X not sure how many American Goldfinch 2 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
