[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma this evening Wilson's and Red-necked Phalaropes at Puddlers, Great Egrets at Mays' Point
Thanks to Gary Chapin's report of a Red-necked Phalarope at Puddler's Marsh at the end of Towpath Road we went to check it out this evening from 6 til 8 pm. Most of the birds were in the most distant eastern portion. Joann found the hoped for Phalarope; the only thing is that this one was a Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope. After searching through the 800ish Lesser Yellowlegs, 25 Greater Yellowlegs, 15 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Semi-palmated Plover, 30 Killdeer, 30 Pectoral Sandpiper, 20 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 300ish Least Sandpipers, 10 Spotted Sandpipers, 1 Baird's Sandpiper and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher she found the molting adult Red-necked Phalarope. Only 2 Black Terns were on the flats and 8 Immature Bald Eagles harassed the gulls and Caspian Terns. We heard Sandhill Cranes call form far to the west beyond Knox-Marcellus but never found them. Earlier, totaling between the Visitor Center pond and the shorebird flats along the drive there were 53 Lesser Yellowlegs, 15 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Solitary Sandpipers and 2 Snipe (in the taller grass at the shorebird flats). Caspian Terns dive bombed an adult bald Eagle protecting the 2 Juveniles at the visitor center. Only a couple Purple martins remained around the houses there. Ending at May's Point after sunset 25 Great Egrets had gathered tight together in the deeper water in the middle of the eastern end of the pool. Even with much flapping and strutting we could not see and wing tags. Mike and Joann Tetlow -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebirds, mid-morning, Sunday 24 July
Right. It was a "SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER". Perhaps I was subconsciously rebelling against one of the stupidest of all bird names, any difference in the absurdly long of dowitcher bills being hard to discern and harder to use as a field mark. (Is there any more ironic correct bird name than that? I'm accepting nominations.) Also of note on our trip, Bob found us at least one, possibly two, adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER(S) between Poplar Ridge Road and Paine's Creek on both sides of NYS 90 in the Village of Aurora, Town of Ledyard. On Jul 24, 2011, at 03:51 PM, bob mcguire wrote:The "Short-billed Sandpiper" would have been a life bird for me, and perhaps the others. Unfortunately, is was only a Short-billed DowitcherBobOn Jul 24, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin, Sylvia Mioc and her niece Flavia (sp?), observing 75 or more species. We found (at least) these shorebirds: Semipalmated Plover - 1 on mud at Puddler's Killdeer - Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's Spotted Sandpiper - Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's Solitary Sandpiper - Seneca Slough Greater Yellowlegs - Shorebird Flats; several at Puddler's Lesser Yellowlegs - few at Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; many at Puddler's Semipalmated Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's Least Sandpiper - many at Puddler's Baird's Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's Pectoral Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's Dunlin - 1 breeding plumage at Puddler's Stilt Sandpiper - 7 breeding plumage at Puddler's (life bird for Sylvia) Short-billed Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Shorebird Flats (nice find, Susan!)Bob thought he saw a distant phalarope at Puddler's but was unable to confirm it and the rest of us missed it. Of course we wonder if that was the bird that Gary Chapin found later. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebirds, mid-morning, Sunday 24 July
The "Short-billed Sandpiper" would have been a life bird for me, and perhaps the others. Unfortunately, is was only a Short-billed Dowitcher Bob On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, > Susan Danskin, Sylvia Mioc and her niece Flavia (sp?), observing 75 > or more species. We found (at least) these shorebirds: > > Semipalmated Plover - 1 on mud at Puddler's > Killdeer - Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's > Spotted Sandpiper - Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's > Solitary Sandpiper - Seneca Slough > Greater Yellowlegs - Shorebird Flats; several at Puddler's > Lesser Yellowlegs - few at Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird > Flats; many at Puddler's > Semipalmated Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's > Least Sandpiper - many at Puddler's > Baird's Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's > Pectoral Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's > Dunlin - 1 breeding plumage at Puddler's > Stilt Sandpiper - 7 breeding plumage at Puddler's (life bird for > Sylvia) > Short-billed Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's > Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Shorebird Flats (nice find, Susan!) > > Bob thought he saw a distant phalarope at Puddler's but was unable > to confirm it and the rest of us missed it. Of course we wonder if > that was the bird that Gary Chapin found later. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebirds, mid-morning, Sunday 24 July
Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin, Sylvia Mioc and her niece Flavia (sp?), observing 75 or more species. We found (at least) these shorebirds: Semipalmated Plover - 1 on mud at Puddler's Killdeer - Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's Spotted Sandpiper - Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's Solitary Sandpiper - Seneca Slough Greater Yellowlegs - Shorebird Flats; several at Puddler's Lesser Yellowlegs - few at Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; many at Puddler's Semipalmated Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's Least Sandpiper - many at Puddler's Baird's Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's Pectoral Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's Dunlin - 1 breeding plumage at Puddler's Stilt Sandpiper - 7 breeding plumage at Puddler's (life bird for Sylvia) Short-billed Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Shorebird Flats (nice find, Susan!)Bob thought he saw a distant phalarope at Puddler's but was unable to confirm it and the rest of us missed it. Of course we wonder if that was the bird that Gary Chapin found later. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Red necked Phalarope
There is a RED NECKED PHALAROPE at Puddler's Marsh in Montezuma NWR. Gary -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Saturday highlights - no Ibis
I couldn't find the Ibis but it could still be there somewhere. I checked Puddler, Knox-Marsellus, Mays Point (twice), Visitor's Center, and Wildlife Drive. All were thorough checks except the Wildlife Dr shorebird spot where I regret not getting the scope out and scanning the edges more carefully. Mays has a lot of vegetation that could obscure an Ibis so that's the spot I would keep checking. All the stops above had shorebirds. I didn't see any Semi-P Plover and the peep numbers were down I thought. I suppose the highlight for me was a Bonaparte's Gull flycatching its way along the Seneca River where it parallels the Wildlife Dr. There were also Ring-bills seen flycatching from the Visitor's Center. 24 Great Egrets at Mays (no wing tags). Tschache had no birds that I could see from the tower. Dave Wheeler Oswego, NY Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Protocol: Stationary 18 species Canada Goose X Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Least Sandpiper 3 Ring-billed Gull 30 Caspian Tern 5 Purple Martin 2 House Wren 1 Marsh Wren 1 American Robin 1 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Shorebird area 9 species Canada Goose X Great Blue Heron X Killdeer 75 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Least Sandpiper 2 Bonaparte's Gull 1 First-summer bird flycatching its way along the Seneca River where it parallels the Wildlife Dr Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 22 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Green-winged Teal X Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 1 No wing tag seen Sandhill Crane 2 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 40 Lesser Yellowlegs 500 estimated by tens Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Numbers of peeps down Pectoral Sandpiper 20 Dunlin 1 Stilt Sandpiper 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 Ring-billed Gull 15 Caspian Tern 6 Black Tern X Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 9 species Canada Goose X Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle 4 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Lesser Yellowlegs X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper X Ring-billed Gull 5 Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM and 8:30 - 9:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 12 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X American Wigeon 4 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 24 No wing tags noted Osprey 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Lesser Yellowlegs X -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lindsay Parsons -- Cerulean, Worm-eating and Parula
Hi Chris, you wrote: Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 *Local/Rare in summer. This bird was NOT up the far hillside (!!), but along the main trail system right where the trail crosses the railroad tracks. Yes. At the L-P Preserve at this time of year, after the young have fledged, certain warblers that are expected on the steep slopes or even atop the pinnacles can be found in the valley woods instead. Also true in spring before nesting gets underway. In the spring of 1997 two male Cerulean Warblers turned up in the valley woods (the 'Blumner Woods', south of the big Liriodendrons). Several days later these same two (presumed) had taken up territories atop the pinnacles, where they continued countersinging for some weeks. It's a long round-about or an arduous climb for us, but a very short flight for them. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some breeding Parulas somewhere in the area. A few weeks ago I noticed some amazing lichens bearding the spruces along Sulphur Springs Creek in the Danby State Forest. -Geo -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bonaparte's Gull
There is an adult Bonaparte's Gull on the west side of Dryden Lake. It is very close and giving very good views. Chris & Jessie Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org -- 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/ --
