Today Dominic Sherony and I went in pursuit of Purple Sandpipers reported by others at Fairhaven State Park and Sodus Point. On the weekend 3 Purple Sandpipers were reported by Chris Wood and Jessie Barry found along the inside of the east jetty at Little Sodus Bay. We were able to find 2 of them. A first year Glaucous Gull was on the west pier. Good numbers of lingering puddle ducks were in the park on Sterling pond listed in the ebird report below.
At Sodus Point on Sunday the Purple Sandpiper count on the bay side of the east jetty was 5 in the morning, found by Dominic; then 7 in the afternoon with the addition of 1 Sanderling and 1 Dunlin by Jay McGowan. Monday, Dave Tetlow found 9 Purple Sandpipers and 1 Dunlin. Today Dominic and I found those 9 Purple Sandpipers, the Dunlin and the Sanderling plus the birds in the ebird list below. At Maxwell Creek as viewed from the east shore we found 5 killdeer where Dave had found 10 previously. Other highlights were 1 Northern. Shrike and 3 Red-winged Blackbirds along route 104A near Fairhaven and 2 Common Grackles along route 350 in Walworth. Little Sodus Bay East Breakwall, Cayuga, US-NY Dec 13, 2011 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM Canada Goose 200 Long-tailed Duck 25 very normal for this location Red-breasted Merganser 1500 very conservative counted 300 going into bay, easily 2000 on lake and bay Red-throated Loon 1 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Purple Sandpiper 2 others reported 3 the day before, photographed, both on inside of jetty Bonaparte's Gull 5 Ring-billed Gull 30 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Fair Haven SP, Cayuga, US-NY Sterling Pond Dec 13, 2011 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM Canada Goose 200 Mute Swan 6 Trumpeter Swan 3 Tundra Swan 2 Gadwall 8 American Wigeon 5 American Black Duck 20 Mallard 60 Northern Shoveler 5 Green-winged Teal 3 With lingering Am. Wigeon, Gadwall and Shovelers Bufflehead 6 Hooded Merganser 24 Red-breasted Merganser 4 American Coot 25 Bonaparte's Gull 4 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 2 American Crow 4 Sodus Point Coast Guard Station and Channel, Wayne, US-NY Dec 13, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM American Black Duck 2 Mallard 6 White-winged Scoter 2 Long-tailed Duck 30 Common Goldeneye 12 Red-breasted Merganser 20 Horned Grebe 1 Sanderling 1 nice sunlight showed off this bright shorebird on the east shore with a Dunlin, confirming sighting of Jay McGowan 2 days prior Purple Sandpiper 9 most of the time only 2-3 were visible. At one point 8 were in view on the east jetty rocks with 1 on the far east shore near the Dunlin and Sanderling. Confirmed Dave Tetlow's count from the day before Dunlin 1 Ring-billed Gull 20 Herring Gull 15 Great Black-backed Gull 1 No Snowy Owls except a second hand report from Brown Road near East Port Bay road in Wolcott yesterday. Mike 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/ --
