Hi, Nancy Chen, Chris Dalton, Alberto Lopez and I went birding in the Montezuma area this morning. The highlight of the morning turned up after Chris and Alberto went home---an adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER seen from Towpath Rd. The bird was a diffuse warm brown on the head and breast; and clearly larger and longer-bodied than the Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers also present. Other shorebirds included hundreds of LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a few PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, DOWITCHERS, WILSON'S SNIPE, and about a dozen STILT SANDPIPERS. An adult breeding-plumage Bonaparte's Gull on the mudflats was beautiful but not unexpected; they turn up in small numbers every year in late summer. In fact, we were somewhat surprised not to see any during a quick stop at Sheldrake on the way home.
Good birding -- 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/ --
