Hi, Chris Wiley and I made an early run up to Montezuma this morning. It was fun birding despite the Peregrine chasing away most of the shorebirds on the main pool.
Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 5/19/10, 0535-0645 Number of species: 55 Canada Goose 20 Gadwall 3 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 4 Double-crested Cormorant 19 Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 17 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 *Getting late--these birds should be gone by the end of the month. Virginia Rail 1 *Uncommon--no eBird May records on Auto Loop since 2002. Heard grunting. Sandhill Crane 1 Very rusty individual; heard calling and seen well from the tower. Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Least Sandpiper 15 Ring-billed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Willow Flycatcher 4 Least Flycatcher 4 Eastern Kingbird 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1 American Crow 3 Purple Martin 10 Tree Swallow 30 Barn Swallow 4 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 2 Marsh Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 5 Yellow Warbler 12 Blackpoll Warbler 1 singing Cerulean Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 *Rare* Singing on the right side of the drive as you approach the path to the tower. First eBird record for Auto Loop and Seneca County bird #238 for Tim. Common Yellowthroat 7 Chipping Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 9 Song Sparrow 15 Swamp Sparrow 12 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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 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/ --
