Cayugabirders, Chris Wiley and I birded all day today, starting in Lansing and heading to Summerhill SF near Groton, the Montezuma marshes, and eventually West Danby. Here are some brief highlights: Acadian Flycatcher - 1 at traditional Ford Hill Rd., Lansingville site carrying nest material Great Egret - 2 at Union Springs millpond Sedge Wren - 1 intermittently singing bird continuing at East Rd. Montezuma NWR, Tyre Ducks - Ruddy and Redhead continue at Mays Point Pool, 3 American Wigeon at Railroad Rd., Green-winged Teal at East Rd., and Blue-winged Teal at Van Dyne Spoor and Martens Tract, Savannah, where they have successfully bred this year - a female was towing 9 chicks around) Sandhill Crane - 2 very heavily painted adults continue at Carncross Rd, Savannah GOLDEN EAGLE - 1 extremely late bird photographed soaring SW over Railroad Rd., Savannah - small head, slight dihedral, pinched wing bases, white-based tail, dark axillaries and body; bizarre late May record LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 late female in the marsh at Railroad Rd., Savannah - photographed
We also had several flyby flocks of shorebirds at Montezuma NWR - highlights were 6 Black-bellied Plover, ~80 Semipalmated Plover with a Dunlin and a Sanderling mixed in. Curiously, these were all heading SW. The end of the day found us at Meena's King Rail spot in West Danby, where we (along with Dave Nutter and Meena Haribal) had lots of neat birds including Black-billed Cuckoo, Prairie Warbler, Common Nighthawk, and 2 Virginia Rails, but no King. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- 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/ --
