Hi, I stopped by Stewart Park this evening at 7:00 to see what else might be around. The highlight was a juvenile STILT SANDPIPER actively foraging with a LEAST SANDPIPER next to the dock. It must be the same bird I reported this morning as a Pectoral although that bird was highly lethargic and center-weighted in its foraging motions--more like a Dowitcher. Other somewhat notable birds included a RUDDY DUCK, the GREATERLESSER SCAUP, the continuing RUDDY TURNSTONE on the white jetty, two GREAT EGRETS flying in at 7:33, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER on the golf course, my first COMMON MERGANSER offshore since early July, and at least two very vocal immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS around the swan pen.
Good birding -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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/ --
