I left out 39 Short-billed Dowitchers from the shorebird tally at East Rd. MNWR. All but one appeared to be prairie birds. Good birding, Tom
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@cornell.edu> wrote: > All, > Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Matt Medler, and I birded around the > Montezuma area (Seneca/ Wayne Co.) this evening (Friday 16 July). We > had some excellent birds thanks to some nice picks by Chris. The > continuing adult Tundra Swan was standing on a log next to the > observation tower at Tschache Pool MNWR. The first major highlight of > the evening was a female Prothonotary Warbler at Mays Point Pool at > Montezuma NWR. The bird was along the road at the interface of the > leafy forest and the dead timber with a flock of chickadees, etc. The > western impoundment at Knox-Marcellus/ MNWR as viewed from East Rd. > and Towpath Rd. was spectacular (best shorebirding potential in the > refuge area since 2006). Shorebirds are decidedly IN with over 1000 > individuals tonight, and included the following counts or careful > estimates: > 40 Killdeer > 415 Lesser Yellowlegs > 28 Greater Yellowlegs > 595 Least Sandpiper > 55 Semipalmated Sandpiper > 6 Stilt Sandpiper > 5 Pectoral Sandpiper > 22 Spotted Sandpiper > 5 Solitary Sandpiper > > At the end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd. near Savannah, a few Least Bitterns > made their presence known immediately upon our arrival. As we settled > in to enjoy a prodigious swallow roost flight that ended up totalling > well over 10,000 individuals of all local species (including 7500 > Bank, 4000 Tree, 1800 Barn, 75 Northern Rough-winged, 5 Cliff > Swallows and 115 Purple Martins!!), Chris shockingly picked out a > female Yellow-headed Blackbird flying in to the cattails to roost with > Red-winged Blackbirds. We failed to relocate that bird, but did enjoy > a second year male Orchard Oriole that perched up briefly and sang. > Two American Woodcock in the middle of the road on the way out at dusk > made a sweet end to the evening. > I'll upload a photo of the Prothonotary Warbler here shortly: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88 > Cheers, > Tom > > > > -- > Thomas Brodie Johnson > Ithaca, NY > t...@cornell.edu > mobile: 717.991.5727 > -- 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/ --
