Had a good day birding, but missed Chris's two best birds. Best we could find was a pale basic-plumaged STILT SANDPIPER with about a dozen Short-billed Dowitchers along Towpath Road.
Kudos to the Montezuma crew for creating a number of openings in the vegetation that allow some close shorebird viewing off of Towpath. If you like Great Blue Herons (400+) or Bald Eagles (10+), or maybe Black Terns in various stages of black and white plumage, then East and Towpath roads are for you! Kevin **************************************************** Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --