Chuck Gibson of the Eaton Birding Society found those Hudsonian Godwits at
MNWR. He has posted a very fine photo to the Eatonbirds group site. The
picture shows one intensely red breeding-plumage male flanked by two duller
birds, which I would think are adult females.
According to Chuck's post to the Eaton listserv, the sighting was at the
visitor center, but the eBird Google gadget map shows a slightly different
location south of Routes 5 and 20:
http://maps.google.com/?q=42.9483814,-76.7546082+(Hudsonian+Godwit)&ie=UTF8&z=14
(If anyone has details about birding this location, which appears to be MNWR
or MWC land with roads, then would you please share them?)
Congratulations to Chuck on the shorebird find of the season (so far). If
anyone finds these birds again, please post or contact me, so that I might
report fully on this visit in the Kingbird.
Mark Chao
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From: "Matthew Medler" <m...@cornell.edu>
To: "Cayugabirds-L" <CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:42 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Shorebirds still moving
Hi All,
I just wanted to mention that although it is now early June, there are
still northbound shorebirds migrating through our area. A group of
birders had several species fly past Myers this morning, and there is also
a report from Oneidabirds and the Google eBird Gadget of three Hudsonian
Godwits at the Montezuma Visitor's Center today. This godwit report is
especially interesting, as this species is not seen in the Basin every
year, and is typically a "fall only" migrant in eastern North America. In
fact, I don't think I know of a single spring Basin record of Hudsonian
Godwit (although there are at least two of Marbled Godwit, which is much
rarer overall in the Basin).
So, it's not too late to be checking Myers and other spots for things like
Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, and other shorebirds.
Good birding,
Matt Medler
Ithaca
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