Yesterday Dominic Sherony and I put a fair amount of time in to
estimating numbers and percentages of waterfowl on the main pool at
Montezuma. Here is the ebird checklist. Particularly noteworthy for me is
the decrease in Ring-necks and huge increase in Lesser Scaup over the last
couple weeks a
This afternoon we started a short Montezuma tour with the Goose Haven field
with decoys and no egrets. Trying to think of a nearby farm, around 2pm, we
found the horse farm on East Tyre Road south of Lay road and now up to 8
Cattle Egrets (as reported by Ken on The Cayuga text alert flying SW over
Visiting Montezuma today it was a whole new world from last week pre-rain.
There were no shorebirds at the visitor center. It's too deep for all but
the biggest if someone gets lucky. 50 plus No. Shoveler and only a couple GW
Teal and No. Pintail. The Solitary spot is full and water is in Larue's s
Today Dominic Sherony and I led the last guided shorebird walk on the
refuge this fall. The visitor center pond held good numbers of Lesser
Yellowlegs, 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 6 Pectoral Sandpipers among the
Northern Shoveler, Pintail, Teal, black Duck and Mallards. New waterfowl
arrivals inc
Yesterday afternoon Dominc Sherony and I birded the area and found the
Red-necked Phalarope all the way to the north end of the dike 200 yards into
the cove looking SW. The other highlight was 2 White-rumped Sandpipers.
Tuesday they began adding water to the occasionally productive Muckrace
No rarities but update on conditions for upcoming trips. Mike
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This afternoon Joann and I did a quick sweep of Montezuma. The Seneca
River spillway had 2 Leasts, 3 Solitary and 4 Lesser Yellowlegs. A short
distance up in the main pool opposite Laure's lagoon a female Orchard Oriole
flew in from the east to feed on some Black Raspberry bushes sticking up o
( A few additions to Dominic's post from our day yesterday. We found the
previously reported male ring-neck on the north end of the main pool. Eaton
also had a flock of a dozen least's along the muddy edge of the new portion.
A snipe was reported by others with a few Yellowlegs at Benning marsh w
Sorry about the day late. Click the ebird reports for details. Mike Tetlow
(P.S. the Ravens rode the west winds not road as I'm sure someone will point
out)
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Sorry to post late but I just wanted to send a note that yesterday the
Snowy Owl was seen again on the west side of Seybolt Road just north of
Freese road in Seneca Falls.(I know I missed it last week as did others).
Later, I and 2 helpers were working on the Montezuma Raptor survey at
Ca
Yesterday Dominic Sherony and I were told the wildlife drive would be closed
today through at least the end of deer season(12/13) but calling
today(12/1), as Mike Gullo stated, the drive will be open through at least
this upcoming weekend(12/7). After that, call the refuge at 1-315-568-5987
for upd
Joann and I dropped into the visitor center to join a great turnout for
Raptor Day for a bit. Looking from the south end of the visitor center pool
there were still 3 Long-billed Dowitchers and 1 killdeer. We arrived at
Larue's Lagoon around 3:40 to find it totally empty. Our luck quickly
chang
Late post from Sunday evening. Missed the Teal but went to Knox after sunset
to see just how many are roosting there.
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For those getting out for the weekend the Hudsonian Godwit was visible from
East Road but only after a one hour search and after a large flock of Canada
Geese got out of the way. The bird flew back to Puddler's at 5:15 feeding in
the green algae. The other shorebirds listed here were often hidde
Just a quick note about a few of today' specialties.
Highlights at the visitor center were 20+ Pectoral Sandpipers and 4
Black-bellied Plovers plus a Sandhill Crane flying straight at us and
dropping in to the main pool. This was the only spot that we saw Blue-winged
Teal.
On the wildlife
Eighteen people ignored the forecast today and joined Joann and I for
the last shorebird walk of the season accessing the dikes at Knox-marcellus
and Puddler's marshes. The first highlight for me was the youngest birder
ever to attend one of our field trips-a bundled up 2 month old! Carried an
Sorry to post late but here is Dominic's ebird report from our trip yesterday.
Eaton marsh was way better than Knox or Puddlers' tiny numbers of 18 Killdeer,1
Least and 4 Pectoral Sandpipers and 1 Greater Yellowlegs. Hopefully that was
due to the Peregrine and Harrier hunting there and not th
Highlights of a Montezuma ride this afternoon/evening included a cloud
of "starlings" over the smartweed at the beginning of the wildlife drive
that turned out to be Bobolinks. We counted 200 flying in to join the rest
after the main group landed, so easily 1000+. Other wildlife drive
highligh
Arriving at the Knox-Marsellus overlook at around noon the first thing
I noticed was a grayish glump in front(west edge) of Puddler's marsh which
turned out to be a tight flock of 8 Sandhill Cranes which all appeared to be
adults. This in addition to the family below starts out the late summer
Dominic posted this to Genesee Birds for us today. Confirming 2 Bonaparte’s. An
additional note is that the Main pool flats will be dry shortly but birds are
starting to feed in the northern ponds along the thruway. Knox-Marsellus is
getting low a little too quick with the mudflat edges already
This afternoon a trip through the refuge brought nothing rare but higher
water on the main pool diluted the smell of rotting carp and last week's
congregation of 20+ eagles had moved on. Here are some family highlights of
the day;
- The winner of the cutest babies contest was a family of 3 tin
Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus and Puddler Marshes, Seneca, New York, US May
29, 2015 5:30 PM - 6:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Mike and Joanne Tetlow including myself, all numbers are
actual counts.
39 species
Canada Goose 300 approximate overall estimate.
Wood Duck 1
Gadw
Here is a copy of Pat Martin's list from Genesee birds and my additions.
Mike tetlow
in's>Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, New York, US
>May 28, 2015 5:45 AM - 7:10 AM
>Protocol: Stationary
>Comments: also present were Mike Tetlow, David Prill, Dave Nutter and
Ann Mitchel
Just a quick summary of the huge concentration of shorebirds this afternoon
at the main pool along the wildlife drive as the water is being drawn down:
550+Dunlin(counted the main group-others spread out)
3000+ Least Sandpipers(used Dunlin flock size and
extrapolat
Carncross Road corn field: 75+ Greater, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Dunlin, 18
Snipe (mostly at east end-probably many more). 1 Sandhill Crane.
Shorebird Flats: 1 Trumpeter Swan, 2 Greater Yellowlegs
Morgan Road: 1 Virginia Rail replying to a Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Trumpeter
Swan
Knox-Marcel
I spent from 3:20 until 5:00 in the Seybolt/Stahl/Canoga and martin
road areas with no luck on the Gyrfalcon. Here's the story. The first
approach to Stahl had a cloud of starlings but no sign of a raptor. The
second time they were up again with a Sharp-shinned through the group
landing on a b
This evening we had 2 Snowy Owls on the west side of Sodus bay along
route 14. One was on the docks at Arney's Marina and the other on the docks
at Sodus marina visible from Kaitlyn's Marine. Both were intermediate/darker
plumage. Neither were the same plumage as the other 2 we have seen there
Dominic Sherony and I had a huge mass of Snow Geese along the west side
of Seybolt Road south of the airport in Seneca falls this afternoon. I
counted several flocks joining those in the field by 20's and got 5000. They
made no difference in the appearance of the flock when they landed. Easily
As previously posted on Genesee birds the wildlife drive and the area
around the observation tower and bathrooms are closed until December 16th
for deer hunting. As I complained to the office they cited too many deer in
that area. They will reevaluate after this trial. Weather permitting it wil
This afternoon we took a ride through Montezuma expecting little as so
much had frozen earlier in the week. We were pleasantly surprised by the
300+ Tundra Swans in the main pool along with large numbers of lingering
species like Ring-necks, Coot, Pintail and Gadwall plus even larger numbers
Our afternoon trip through Montezuma started with the Eared grebe along
the wildlife drive in the first opening after the channel unlike earlier in
the day reported further up the drive. It would be very easy to miss as for
every 2 seconds it was up it spent 8 seconds underwater.
Both
This afternoon we counted 59 Sandhills as they flew from Knox Marcellus
Marsh up to the field on East Road, stayed for a short time, then flew back
down to the marsh. We heard that another observer got up to 60. 2 Glossy
Ibis(I believe) were still at the shorebird flats(Eaton marsh now) with 3
Grea
Kurt Fox reports a first year laughing Gull at the Canandaigua City Pier
now. Mike Tetlow
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This evening the 2 American Avocets were on Knox-Marsellus marsh along with
6 Snow Geese that rested awhile then flew off to the south. Finally some
companions for this summer's loner. 3 Greater Yellowlegs were the only
other shorebirds way back in Puddler's. We could see 6 Sandhill Cranes back
th
Today 26 Rochester Birding association members joined up with 32
birders that had signed up at the refuge for our joint field trip allowing
access to the dike between Knox-marcellus and Puddler's marshes.(Yes, that's
58 people). The visitor center plowed field has some water in it now and
dr
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