Good numbers of shorebirds in at Puddler's Marsh, mostly Lesser Yellowlegs. Highlight was STILT SANDPIPER, a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and two SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Good numbers of Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper. Dickcissel singing various versions of the song over at Seneca Meadows.
David Wheeler NSyracuse NY Montezuma NWR Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 2, 2012 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) Comments: With Jim Tarolli; visibility improving over observation period 29 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 25 Mallard 6 Green-winged Teal 10 Great Blue Heron 5 Green Heron 2 Osprey 1 Killdeer X good numbers Spotted Sandpiper 10 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 300 approximately Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 10 Stilt Sandpiper 1 adult bird, first of season peep sp. 25 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Ring-billed Gull 30 Caspian Tern 15 Willow Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 1 American Crow 8 Tree Swallow X House Wren 1 Veery 1 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing X Yellow Warbler 2 Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Baltimore Oriole 1 -- 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/ --
