Hi, Below are some of my highlights from a trip around the lake. The visibility was perfect today and there were lots of birds everywhere.
Location: Game Farm and Compost Pile Observation date: 9/26/10 805 Number of species: 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 2nd-cycle; photos Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 9/26/10 825 Number of species: 37 Bald Eagle 1 Merlin 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 new arrival Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 50 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 3 Location: Aurora South Bluffs Observation date: 9/26/10 1047 Number of species: 20 Common Loon 33 Ring-billed Gull 5000 Huge lines along both shores of the lake; especially concentrated near Goose Watch winery Herring Gull 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult Great Black-backed Gull 2 Location: Montezuma NWR--Towpath Rd. Observation date: 9/26/10 1220-1520 Number of species: 63 Snow Goose 5 the lame bird plus four new arrivals Black-bellied Plover 4 juvs American Golden-Plover 11 juvs, flying overhead Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 heard only; rare for this location. The only previous record is 9/30/07 by Leona Lauster. Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 heard only; singing Eastern Phoebe 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 **late Blue-headed Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 very bright yellow below; dark lores seen well Red-eyed Vireo 1 Brown Creeper 1 House Wren 2 Winter Wren 1 calling Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Wood Thrush 1 pip-pip-pip call American Pipit 2 flyovers Tennessee Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 8 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 female Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 12 Wilson's Warbler 1 male White-throated Sparrow 50 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Location: Montezuma NWR--East Road Observation date: 9/26/10 1600 Notes: I did not see a Gray Kingbird Sandhill Crane 2 on mudflat Black-bellied Plover 2 American Golden-Plover 9 flying around a lot Semipalmated Plover 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 8 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Indigo Bunting 1 singing Location: Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool Observation date: 9/26/10 1618-1704 Number of species: 34 Green Heron 1 Osprey 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Dunlin 1 adult Stilt Sandpiper 3 juvs Short-billed Dowitcher 1 juv Long-billed Dowitcher 17 tight group close to the platform with the Shovelers; calling occasionally Wilson's Snipe 1 Winter Wren 1 **first record for Mays Pt. Heard calling from wooded area near boardwalk Marsh Wren 1 singing; first Sept. record for Mays Pt. Location: Montezuma NWR--Tschache Pool Observation date: 9/26/10 1710 Number of species: 26 American Wigeon 500 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Pintail 1500 Ring-necked Duck 6 males Pectoral Sandpiper 1 heard only Caspian Tern 1 adult; getting late Purple Martin 1 **latest record for the Cayuga Basin in eBird; photos. I saw this bird overhead with Tree Swallows and heard it call once. Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 9/26/10 1800 Black-bellied Plover 1 American Golden-Plover 7 all juveniles; feeding in the new "moist soil unit" at the end of the drive; photos Solitary Sandpiper 2 still in the canal inflow at the beginning of the drive Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 400 Location: Deans Cove State Marine Park Observation date: 9/26/10 1833-1850 Number of species: 13 Common Loon 35 Ring-billed Gull 8000 roosting in an expansive loose line down the center of the lake Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult; close to shore south of the jetty 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/ --
