Bob McGuire just called to report that the three Hudsonian Godwits are still at Puddlers, along with most of the shorebirds we had yesterday, and the avocet has been reported.
Jay On Oct 2, 2011 8:28 PM, "Jay McGowan" <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Livia and I checked Montezuma this evening om our way back from seeing the > Swainson's Hawk near Rochester. The visitor center pool was fairly deserted, > but the main pool was full of waterfowl, primarily Ring-necked Ducks, > American Wigeon, and Northern Pintail. Mays Point had lots of Great Egrets > and good numbers of shorebirds and ducks, but most of these were obscured by > the low reeds. I was able to see several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and two > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, in addition to both yellowlegs. A late Solitary > Sandpiper called once. > > We found lots of activity on Towpath Road. Knox-Marsellus Marsh was full of > geese, with a couple thousand Canada Geese and several hundred SNOW GEESE. > We were able to pick out a single CACKLING GOOSE in with the Canadas (much > smaller body size, extremely small head and bill, darker appearance.) Two > SANDHILL CRANES flew in at dusk, and three Trumpeter Swans were there as > well. Thousands of dabbling ducks were hidden in the vegetation. > > In Puddlers Marsh just down the road, we saw no sign of the avocet (reported > as late as yesterday), but I quickly picked out three HUDSONIAN GODWITS > foraging in the deep water in the back of the pool. Conditions were less > than ideal, but they appeared to be juveniles, with buffy underparts, > tannish gray upperparts, pale supercilium, and long upturned bills with > pinkish bases. The startled a couple of times when gulls landed next to them > and we were able to get good looks at bright white rumps with black tails > and large white stripes in the wings. Around dusk they startled once more > and flew above treeline and I lost them to the northwest. They may well have > swung around and returned to the marsh, but we did not refind them the rest > of the time we were there. > > Other scattered shorebirds in Puddlers included a juvenile SANDERLING, two > Semipalmated Sandpipers, one White-rumped Sandpiper, one Pectoral Sandpiper, > one DUNLIN, two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, seven Semipalmated Plovers, and > several Greater and Lesser yellowlegs. I heard a flyover AMERICAN PIPIT > here, and earlier we had two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS calling from the tops of the > trees near the visitor center. > > Good birding! > -Jay > > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> Three HUDSONIAN GODWITS are feeding in the deep water of Puddlers Marsh off >> Towpath Road right now. >> >> Jay McGowan >> > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
