[cayugabirds-l] Myers shorebirds

2019-08-28 Thread Jay McGowan
A little late now, but the morning rains brought a small fallout of shorebirds to the spit at Myers Point, which included a very rare-for-the-county juvenile STILT SANDPIPER, along with a Sanderling and other more expected species. Unfortunately, most of the birds departed around 8:30 and did not s

[cayugabirds-l] White Ibis, Montezuma NWR

2019-08-28 Thread Jay McGowan
Tim Lenz found an immature WHITE IBIS on the flats at Knox-Marsellus Marsh (as seen from East Road) at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge late this evening. It was hanging around some cranes on the far eastern edge of the marsh and still visible in the fading light at 8pm. The continuing LAUGHING G

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebird Walk Saturday morning 31 August

2019-08-28 Thread Dave Nutter
This Saturday morning there will be another walk onto the normally-closed dikes at Knox-Marsellus Marsh in Montezuma NWR, this time led by Josh Snodgrass with assistance by me and, I hope, other folks willing to share scope views and expertise. The goal is to observe migrant shorebirds and help