Today was the first of several opportunities offered by the Montezuma National Wildlife staff to walk along the dike separating Knox-Marcellus and Puddler Marshes to get closer views of the shorebirds congregating there. Multiple pairs of eyes failed to turn up any rarities, but we had wonderful comparison looks at Short and Long-billed Dowitchers and certainly enjoyed the huge White Pelican.
Pat Martin > >Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY >Jul 27, 2014 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM >Protocol: Traveling >0.3 mile(s) >Comments: with Dave Nutter, Jay McGowan, 20ish others on dike walk across >Knox-Marcellus >36 species > >Canada Goose 40 >Wood Duck 3 >American Black Duck 1 >Mallard 30 >Hooded Merganser 6 >Great White Pelican 1 huge white bird with yellow-orange bill and legs; >bill with knob on upper mandible, continuing >Great Blue Heron 37 >Great Egret 8 >Green Heron 2 >Northern Harrier 1 >Sandhill Crane 2 >Semipalmated Plover 30 partial count, then estimate >Killdeer 3 many heard, but surprisingly few visible out on the mudflats >Spotted Sandpiper 1 seen by Jay McGowan >Solitary Sandpiper 1 calling bird flying over, which landed in Puddler's >marsh and disappeared >Greater Yellowlegs 3 >Lesser Yellowlegs 100 partial count, then estimate >Stilt Sandpiper 3 >Least Sandpiper 20 MANY fewer than semipalmated >Pectoral Sandpiper 20 estimate >Semipalmated Sandpiper 400 partial count, then estimate, confirmed with >others >Short-billed Dowitcher 2 >Long-billed Dowitcher 4 >Bonaparte's Gull 2 >Ring-billed Gull 34 >Caspian Tern 12 >Black Tern 4 perhaps more; flying back and forth >Purple Martin 1 >Tree Swallow X >Bank Swallow X >Barn Swallow X >Marsh Wren 2 >Cedar Waxwing X fly overs >Yellow Warbler 1 >Swamp Sparrow 2 >Red-winged Blackbird 10 > >View this checklist online at >http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19235716 > >This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (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/ --
