Hi, We visited Montezuma today, and stopped at Towpath Rd, May's Point and the Visitors' center, where we saw many of the same birds reported earlier today by Dave Nutter. We also picked up a KILLDEER at Knox Marcellus and two GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Mays Point. We are grateful to Ann Mitchell for taking the time to get us onto the Greater White-fronted Goose which we would have missed otherwise.
At one time, 9 SANDHILL CRANES were standing plain sight on the Towpath Rd. dike. The interesting thing was that they all had red crowns, but one was very rusty throughout the body, while the others were mostly gray. We couldn't decide if this was a LESSER subspecies adult, or a juvenile with a red crown. On the way home, we stopped on Wright Road where there were six RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the woods, and then on to the end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd. On Van Dyne Spoor, Rose the finder of all things shrike located an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE perched on a road sign in the marsh area. It then moved to the tops of several power poles as we drove down the road. There were also 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES and some AMERICAN COOTS in the pond at the end of the road. Good birding, Ken & Rose Burdick Skaneateles, NY -- 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/ --