Location: Montezuma Audubon Center (3577C) Observation date: 5/5/10 Notes: 7:35-8:10 am; parking lot to building Number of species: 10
Canada Goose 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 1 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 1 on Purple Martin house Barn Swallow 2 nesting above rear door American Robin 1 European Starling 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 House Sparrow 1 Location: Montezuma--Carncross Rd. Notes: 8:21-9:29 am; sunny, mild; NO sandhills; travelled the distance both ways; Montezuma Birding Tour, first stop Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 8 Mallard 3 Northern Harrier 1 low over north meadow Killdeer 1 heard Northern Flicker 1 - white rump; flew to woods American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 4 Eastern Bluebird 1 on sign post; good look Gray Catbird 1 woods edge; good look Common Yellowthroat 1 male in tall reeds Chipping Sparrow 1 woods corner Song Sparrow 1 perched in burdocks Red-winged Blackbird 1+ American Goldfinch 1 male in tall reeds Location: Savannah Spring Lake Rd--Carncross to Martens Tract Notes: 9:33 am; sunny, mild; Montezuma Birding Tour, on the way from Carncross to Materns Tract Number of species: 1 Wood Thrush 1 heard; woods along Savannah Spring Lake Rd. (going to Martens Tract) Location: Montezuma--Martens Tract Notes: 9:40-10:12 am; sunny, warm; NO sandhills; Montezuma Birding Tour, 2nd real stop Number of species: 13 Canada Goose 31 (2+9+20) Wood Duck pair; scoped Pied-billed Grebe 2 scoped Turkey Vulture 2 Bald Eagle 1 carrying nesting material, flying SW Common Moorhen 2 scoped American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 2 displaying; assume males American Goldfinch 1 male Location: Montezuma--Morgan Road Notes: 10:22-10:35 am; sunny, warm; NO sandhills; Montezuma Birding Tour, 3rd stop Number of species: 9 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck pair; small pond before buildings Bald Eagle 1 immature perched near river Northern Flicker 1 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 2 Location: Montezuma--Malone Unit #1 Notes: 10:38-11:01 am; sunny, warm; Montezuma Birding Tour, 4th stop Number of species: 5 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 (photos D066039-045) Yellow Warbler 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Location: Montezuma--Van Dyne Spoor Rd. open area Notes: 11:05-11:44 am; sunny, warm; NO sandhills; Montezuma Birding Tour, last stop; 0.7 mile is one way distance, repeated on way out Number of species: 18 Canada Goose 6 Trumpeter Swan 11 (3 groups) Mallard 3 Ring-necked Duck pair duck sp. 10-15 far, some napping, some tipping into water (dabblers) Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 in thermal, together American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 American Robin 1 Yellow Warbler 1 heard Common Yellowthroat 2 heard Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 males Location: Montezuma Audubon Center (3577C) Notes: 12:10-1:25 pm; mostly sunny, warm Number of species: 13 Canada Goose 2+2 Great Blue Heron 1 south pond Green Heron 1 flying north of building toward "deadwood swamp" American Kestrel 1 hovering into the wind Mourning Dove 1 under feeder Blue Jay 1 at feeder Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 on west nest box European Starling 1 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 3 guessing the slightly smaller/duller one was female Brown-headed Cowbird 1 (my apologies for the delay, but there wasn't anything that unusual) Dave -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
