Cayugabirders, I got to Myers Point in Lansing early this morning and stayed from 5:30-7:30 AM. Highlights among 58 species were single passing Black-bellied Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper (this bird flew in and stayed for half an hour with a few Least Sandpipers before heading out to the northeast), a female Bufflehead, and nesting Purple Martins on the west side of Cayuga Lake visible from the east side. If you look straight out from the spit at Myers with a telescope, you can see a series of martin houses on docks, several of which are occupied by Purple Martins. I think this site is called Willow Point - as far as I know, this could be the only place in Tompkins County with nesting martins. If you know of other sites, please let me know (and thanks in advance).
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