Monday 8/25 on the Ontario Lakeshore between Oswego and Sodus Pt, with Jim Tarolli:
Oswego Harbor: (presumed) Short-billed Dowitcher on the outer breakwall - very distant but we thought dowitcher Fair Haven: 1 Ruddy Turnstone (juv) Sodus Pt: 2 Ruddy Turnstone (ad and juv), 1 AG Plover, 2 BB Plover, 2 SP Plover, many peeps. Missed the Lesser BB Gulls. Last visit to Montezuma had high water at Knox-Marsellus but it has now been a few days. Photos of the recent Willet at Myers Pt (Tompkins County) are below. Also, closeups of many shorebirds including Spotted, Sanderling, SP Sand, SP Plover, Least Sand. Some shots of semi-palmated ('piper and plover) feet. I also have Caspian Terns diving, Bald Eagle with muskrat, Turkey Vulture sunning, Ring-billed Gull close-up calling, Osprey with a big shad, American Bittern, Great Egret flock, a very worn and wet Herring Gull, tucked-wing flight shot of RH Woodpecker, etc. They should all be on the first page of the photostream. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, 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/ --