In spite of the curious date and seemingly large number, everything in the field pointed to White-rumped Sandpipers and others e-mailed to say they also saw good numbers of White-rumps last weekend at Knox-Marsellus. A quick check of Bull '98 shows an inland maxima of 97 at MNWR on 30 May 1971, which would be at the peak passage time for the species.
Dave W. Oswego County Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jun 22, 2011 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: From the East Rd overlook. Are the shorebirds Spring migrants? Fall migrants? non-breeders/failed breeders? 37 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 75 Wood Duck 2 American Wigeon 20 estimated American Black Duck 2 Mallard 550 500-600 counted with quasi-accuracy Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 20 estimated Redhead 2 Ruddy Duck 3 Great Blue Heron 14 Green Heron 1 Osprey 2 Bald Eagle 2 Sandhill Crane 4 Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 3 In a grassy area and hard to see. Presumably fall migrants or failed breeders White-rumped Sandpiper 15 Exact count; presumably non-breeders; too far to see plumage well but none struck me as bright, heavily streaked, spring adults Dunlin 1 Black belly patch. Fall migrant? Ring-billed Gull 20 Black Tern 6 Northern Flicker 1 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 40 Barn Swallow 10 European Starling 6 Common Yellowthroat 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Indigo Bunting 3 Bobolink 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle 2 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
