Good birding across the Northern Montezuma WMA the last few days. Highlights were BALD EAGLE and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER on Howland's Island May 4, SORA and a pair of SANDHILL CRANES on Crusoe Lake May 5, and WOOD THRUSH, EASTERN KINGBIRD and SCARLET TANAGER at Montezuma Audubon Center on May 7. Here are my eBird reports.
Chris Lajewski Interim Director Montezuma Audubon Center Montezuma (NMWMA)--Howland Island, Cayuga, US-NY May 4, 2014 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: walked the southeast corner of the Island. 34 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X American Wigeon X Mallard X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Osprey X Bald Eagle X Red-tailed Hawk X Mourning Dove X Belted Kingfisher X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Great Crested Flycatcher X Blue Jay X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X White-breasted Nuthatch X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X American Robin X Cedar Waxwing X Yellow Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X Song Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18266745 Northern Montezuma WMA - Crusoe Creek/Crusoe Lake, Wayne, US-NY May 5, 2014 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: paddled Crusoe Creek upstream from Montezuma Audubon Center to Crusoe Lake 38 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X American Wigeon X Mallard X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X Pied-billed Grebe X Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Osprey X Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 1 One adult on nest near Crusoe Lake Sora X Common Gallinule X Sandhill Crane 5 three adults migrating north, two adults on west side of Crusoe Lake at usual nesting location. Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Pileated Woodpecker X Blue Jay X American Crow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X White-breasted Nuthatch X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin X Yellow Warbler X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Rose-breasted Grosbeak X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18267634 Montezuma Audubon Center, Wayne, US-NY May 7, 2014 9:45 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 21 species Canada Goose 3 Turkey Vulture 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X Wood Thrush X Yellow Warbler 1 Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18266486 -- 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/ --
