Took my youngest son to Montezuma this afternoon after hearing about the GRAY KINGBIRD. We struck out on the kingbird but, as Bob stated, there was a lot around Montezuma. We found one GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE among the many many CANADA's and a fair number of SNOWs at Knox-Marcellis. Another birder pointed out a possible ROSS's GOOSE as this bird was much smaller than the nearby SNOWs. However, the bird was sleeping and we could not get a positive id. Maybe it was the bird mentioned in Bob's post?
Later, we stopped at the bend in wildlife drive after hearing about the HUDSONIAN GODWIT from two kind birders. This bird was very easily found as it was actively foraging fairly close to the road. I tried to get a decent digiscope image, but the bird would not sit still! I was able to get two fair to poor images when the bird was a little more distant. My closer images were completely blurry. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5108608265 We saw the same shorebirds as mentioned in Bob's post at this location. I also had 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. I was surprised to see so many shorebirds. Isn't October 23rd getting kind of late? Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- 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/ --
