Hi all,
Livia and I took the morning off to check around Montezuma, hoping to find
the reported Little Blue Heron. We were unsuccessful in that regard, but
had a lot of nice birds.
Highlights:
--At least three ORCHARD ORIOLES at Myers Point, an adult and a young male
chasing each other near the
Scouting for tomorrow’s SFO trip up the lake, I spent the morning with John
Confer in the Montezuma complex.
Cayuga lake is now ice-free except for a small sheet at the north end off
Harris Park. The pools at the MNWR visitor’s center, LARue’s, the main pool,
and shorebird flats are flooded
On the way up to Montezuma, I had a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS in a field
before the Dunkin Donut's in Lansing. Also had a few AMERICAN KESTRELS on
wires along route 90.
On Wildlife Drive, there are loads of waterfowl now. NORTHERN SHOVELORS,
There was raft of RING-NECKED DUCKS at the beginning of
The Godwit is still at Knox-Marsellus this morning.
Gary Chapin
Ticonderoga, NY
On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:12 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
I took Kini Roesler, a visiting recordist from Argentina, up to Montezuma
after work today to see what dropped in with the rain and show him some
I took Kini Roesler, a visiting recordist from Argentina, up to Montezuma
after work today to see what dropped in with the rain and show him some of
our birds. Bald Eagles and Black Terns were big highlights for him, as well
as what passes for ducks at this time of year. The Wildlife Drive was
Hey all,
I've been at Montezuma the past couple days; Saturday for a 60+ student
SUNY-ESF field trip and Friday for a scouting trip. Both days yielded
excellent birding throughout the complex.
On Friday, we found the previously reported male EURASIAN WIGEON at Marten's
Tract. The bird was in
