[cayugabirds-l] Blackpoll Warbler

2011-09-02 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
We banded our first true migrant, a young Blackpoll, on 01 Sep. Seems very 
early as
it is usually one of the last migrant warblers caught here. I wonder if the 
storm
may have pushed it down from the ADKs.
John
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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma on Thursday - glossy ibis on Railroad Rd

2011-09-02 Thread cl...@juno.com
My apologies for not sending this out sooner. Got to Montezuma around 7:15 
yesterday morning (9/1).
Highlights:
7:15 Auto Loop
harrier, osprey, N. shoveler, blue winged teal, some shorebirds but not many, 
trumpeter swans @ Benning Marsh
8  Mays Point (revisited at 1pm - smaller #'s)
great egret, great blue herons, gallinule (moorhen), g. yellowlegs, 
semi-palmated plover, killdeer 
coot
9 am Towpath
cedar waxwings, sm flock warblers-only id'd magnolia, Caspian terns, great 
egrets, great blue herons, sandhill cranes
9:45 East Rd
great egrets, cormorants, great blue herons, lg flock swallows (200+), small 
flocks of: goldfinch, rw blackbirds, starlings
10:30 Savannah Spring Lake Rd
short-billed dowitchers, greater and lesser yellowlegs, mallards, great blue 
heron 
11:15 Railroad Rd.
bluebirds (where we had them last year @ start of dirt road)
trumpeters (1 imm, 1 adult)
black crowned night heron (2 imm., 1 adult)
glossy ibis (may be same one seen at Mays Point in earlier days of week; anyone 
notice distinct amount of white on upper throat?)
noon Van Dyne Spoor
gallinule, coot, cormorant, N. Harrier, redtail hawk, ring billed gull

Looking forward to the Muckrace next week!
Colleen Richards


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[cayugabirds-l] White-rumped Sandpiper @ Myers Pt

2011-09-02 Thread 6072292158
 White-rumped Sandpiper @ Myers Pt by sandbar in Salmon Cr 850am.
--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods 2Sep2011

2011-09-02 Thread Jay McGowan
Several small flocks of warblers on the Wilson Trail N today at lunch time
included 3+ CANADA WARBLERS, 1 male HOODED WARBLER, several Black-throated
Blue and Magnolia warblers, and American Redstarts.

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[cayugabirds-l] IBIS at Railroad Rd., Sep 2, 2011

2011-09-02 Thread Dave Spier
Montezuma--Railroad Rd., Wayne, US-NY
Sep 2, 2011 10:52 AM - 12:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
Comments:     hazy, warm
24 species (+4 other taxa)

Trumpeter Swan  7     green wing tags on 2 adults + 5 juveniles, east 
impoundment
Wood Duck  2     east impoundment
Mallard  12     east impoundment
Blue-winged Teal  12     flying; east impoundment
Green-winged Teal  4     east impoundment
Pied-billed Grebe  1     east impoundment
Double-crested Cormorant  1     juvenile; east impoundment
Great Blue Heron  6     at least
Plegadis sp.  1     photos; landed near Trumpeters in east impoundment, then 
disappeared; seen again ~11:35 am, then flew and disappeared into loosestrife; 
seen from east dike
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1     juvenile or female
Common Gallinule  7
Semipalmated Plover  4     shallow west impoundment from center dike
Lesser Yellowlegs  1     shallow west impoundment from center dike
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4     shallow west impoundment from center dike
Least Sandpiper  50     (did not check every one in the flock that flew in); 
shallow west impoundment from center dike
Pectoral Sandpiper  1     shallow west impoundment from center dike
Ring-billed Gull  2
American Crow  13
Barn Swallow  2     flying over west impoundment
swallow sp.  55     ~20 with white bellies flying around over the RR tracks + 
30 backlit on the wires
Black-capped Chickadee  1     heard, not seen; trees along Railroad Rd. just 
before Seneca River
Gray Catbird  1     heard, not seen
warbler sp.  1     brown head, no obvious eye-ring, dingy yellow underneath - 
probably Com. Yellowthroat(?); fast glimpse in bush with Song Sparrow next to 
Seneca River
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
blackbird sp.  60
American Goldfinch  1

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I'll send a link to photos when posted.
Dave

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[cayugabirds-l] ibis photos

2011-09-02 Thread Dave Spier
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