Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh Aug 11, 2018 7:21 AM Traveling 2.00 miles 266 minutes All birds reported? Yes
71 species. Comments: Had 20 people on this weekend's shorebird walk. Weather was mostly cloudy. Temperatures in the 60s. Light breeze. 50 Canada Goose -- Estimated 1 Trumpeter Swan 5 Wood Duck 7 Blue-winged Teal 5 Gadwall 100 Mallard (Northern) -- Estimated 4 Northern Pintail 12 Green-winged Teal (American) 1 Pied-billed Grebe 6 Double-crested Cormorant - FO 50 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) -- Estimated 1 Great Egret 45 Green Heron -- Estimated 25 Black-crowned Night-Heron -- Estimated. Mostly Puddler Marsh in trees 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- *Rare. Continuing. In trees by Puddler Marsh with BCNH. 1 Turkey Vulture - FO 1 Osprey (carolinensis) - FO 1 Northern Harrier -- Low over Puddler 1 Bald Eagle 1 Common Gallinule 11 Sandhill Crane (tabida/rowani) -- Both KM and Puddler Marsh 55 Semipalmated Plover -- Estimated. Several juveniles 15 Killdeer -- Estimated 2 Stilt Sandpiper -- Both molting from breeding/alternate plumage. Barring still present to under tail. 75 Least Sandpiper -- Estimated. At least 10 juveniles 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 25 Pectoral Sandpiper -- Estimated 75 Semipalmated Sandpiper -- Estimated. Several juveniles 100 peep sp. -- Estimated 1 Short-billed Dowitcher -- Juvenile 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 Spotted Sandpiper 6 Greater Yellowlegs 150 Lesser Yellowlegs -- Estimated 45 Ring-billed Gull -- Estimated 27 Caspian Tern -- Mostly KM Marsh 1 Black Tern (American) -- Basic plumage. Likely a juvenile 2 Chimney Swift - FO 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Pileated Woodpecker -- Heard toward towpath. 1 Peregrine Falcon -- Flyover. Scared shorebirds, ducks, terns and gulls. 1 Willow Flycatcher -- Calling. 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Purple Martin 150 Tree Swallow -- Estimated 100 Bank Swallow -- Estimated 45 Barn Swallow (American) -- Estimated 100 swallow sp. -- Estimated 3 Black-capped Chickadee -- Woods by parking area east rd 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) -- Woods by parking area east rd 3 Marsh Wren 1 Carolina Wren -- Woods by parking area east rd 2 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 300 European Starling 15 Cedar Waxwing 3 Common Yellowthroat 7 Yellow Warbler (Northern) -- Several flyby birds 4 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) -- Along trail puddler Marsh 11 Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 5 Swamp Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal -- Woods by parking area east rd 3 Indigo Bunting -- Singing in a few spots. Seen by many. 50 Bobolink -- Constant flyover birds 5000 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) -- Estimated. Large flock in and above cornfield adjacey to Puddler Marsh 2 Common Grackle (Bronzed) 25 American Goldfinch -- Estimated Number of Taxa: 73 -- 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/ --
