[cayugabirds-l] Muckrace Birds
Hi, Last Friday night, and Saturday morning and evening, I spent a great deal of time at the new shorebird area at Montezuma. Friday evening, Diana and I observed a very different shorebird which we identified as the Buff-breasted Sandpiper and I sent out an alert that evening for those who were doing the Muckrace. While I wasn't counting birds, I was observing and photographing them. I put together a new gallery on the Muckrace birds that I saw. My thanks to Dave Nutter and Kevin McGowan for helping me identify correctly both types of plovers. Dave helped me with several other birds as well. The highlights for me were the American Golden Plover, Black-bellied Plover, American Pipit, Sandhill Cranes, and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. It ended up to be a very exciting and enjoyable experience. The Pipit and Buff-breasted Sandpiper were life birds for me, as well. If you get some time, I welcome you to visit my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/2010_muckrace_birds Thanks! Carol Keeler -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis query
Hi all, To my knowledge, no one has been able to conclusively identify the Montezuma NWR ibis as a Glossy Ibis. This is a juvenile bird, and my understanding is that there is complete overlap in traits on most juvenile Plegadis ibis. If you start to see red in the face or red eye, you can start thinking White-faced, but I don't think the reverse is true. Many juvenile White-faced Ibis show the limited white over the facial skin that is considered one of the "classic" Glossy Ibis field marks. While this can work on non-breeding adults, I don't think it works on juveniles. I strongly suspect this is a Glossy Ibis too, but I'm just not certain how to be positive of this. If someone has more current ideas on identifying juvenile Plegadis ibis, I'd be very interested in hearing hearing this. Here are a selection of White-faced Ibis that show "Glossyesque" markings bordering the facial skin. Note several of these you can start to see the red eye and facial skin, but this doesn't always develop until later in the year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/soaringfalcon/4989348460/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/deinandra/2092875732/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66504...@n00/4338789879/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimscarff/4513744288/ Thanks, Chris Wood Ithaca, New York -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point -- Northern Pintail & Blue Jays
Hi all, This morning was fairly quiet at Myers with few shorebirds (1 Killdeer). The biggest highlight was a flock of 23 NORTHERN PINTAIL heading southeast over the lake. There was also a fairly steady push of Blue Jays, mostly small flocks totaling about 70 birds for the morning. The number of gulls has gone down since Saturday when there was an amazing push of over 7200 Ring-billed Gulls (99.9% of which left the lake heading east). Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours http://wingsbirds.com -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake Great Egret (Wednesday am)
Sorry for the late post, but Wednesday morning at Dryden Lake between 9:30 and 11:00-ish, there was a Great Egret at the south end of the lake, west side, in front of the marsh just below the level of the golf course. It was still there when I left. Other delights were Double-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher and a smattering of Swallow sp. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- 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/ --
