Very windy at the Chat spot southeast of Red Creek so not good conditions to expect it to sing or be seen.
At Montezuma, the Kipp Island field was loaded with shorebirds. Highlight was a Wilson's Phalarope and 16 SB Dowitcher among hundreds of Dunlin. Distance makes it hard to say what might actually be in there - recommend checking carefully on every visit. Highlights from the Wildlife Drive were a Stilt Sandpiper at the Main Pool and White-rump at Benning Marsh. Virtually no Pecs, Solitary, or yellowlegs left. A few spots with good shorebird habitat but few birds may get something on the next wave. At least that's the theory. Jim Tarolli picked out a Least Bittern flying away from the reeds across from Benning Marsh. Dave W. N. Syracuse, NY Kipp Island Fields (SW of SR 90 and I-90 Thruway), Cayuga, US-NY May 25, 2013 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.7 17 species Canada Goose 8 American Black Duck 6 Mallard 10 Green-winged Teal 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Wild Turkey 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 1 Semipalmated Plover 50 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Dunlin 400 estimated; very high numbers this year for MNWR Short-billed Dowitcher 16 Wilson's Phalarope 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14244317 Montezuma NWR Wildlife Drive, Seneca, US-NY May 25, 2013 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: with Dave W.! 34 species Snow Goose 2 One at visitor center, one across from shorebirds flats Canada Goose 6 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 3 Least Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 4 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 4 Semipalmated Plover X Killdeer 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Dunlin X hundreds presumably Stilt Sandpiper 1 adult, breeding plumage; bad photos (seemingly more curve in the bill than the Benning Marsh bird of 5/17) Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Herring Gull 5 Eastern Kingbird 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Marsh Wren 1 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 5 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 5 Baltimore Oriole 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14245459 -- 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/ --
