Cayugabirders - The name of the new wet area is the not very original "Shorebird Flats."
Jane Graves -----Original Message----- From: bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of W. Larry Hymes Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 3:12 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose While in the area, Sara Jane and I stopped by Montezuma yesterday afternoon. Among the waterfowl seen were Mallard, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Scaup (sp.), Ring-necked Duck, and Ruddy Duck. A couple birds of special interest were a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Larue's Lagoon and a DUNLIN at the new wet area on the left side of the north end of the first long straight stretch of the Auto Loop (someone needs to give it a name!!!). Isn't this getting a little late for shorebirds to still be here, or has the nice weather caused some individuals to tarry awhile longer? Don't know if we were seeing Cackling Geese, but we noticed considerable size variation among some of the Canada Geese in the new wet area. Some seemed smaller than normal, and there was one individual that was much larger than the rest. Could these differences be due to different subspecies that just happened to be there at the time, or can there be substantial variation like this in a population of a single subspecies? When casually viewing flocks of Canada's in the past, we can't recall ever noticing this much variation in size. Larry -- ================================ W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu ================================ -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
