Sunday highlights from Knox-Marsellus marsh included a Short-billed Dowitcher and influx of Lesser Yellowlegs, plus the continuing Dunlin. Two Black-bellied Plover were at Puddler's marsh. No peeps on either Saturday or Sunday. Saturday night on Van Dyne Spoor Rd found 5 American Bittern calling, 4 Black-crowned Night Heron, and 2 Great Egret in the distance. I continue to miss Least Bittern.
Dave W. Oswego County Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jun 26, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: With Lisa & Mark. Didn't look all that carefully at the ducks. 29 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck 7 Gadwall 3 American Wigeon X American Black Duck 2 Mallard X Blue-winged Teal 3 Green-winged Teal X Redhead 3 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Osprey 2 Bald Eagle 2 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Dunlin 1 breeding-plumaged or nearly so Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Very red; distant, presume Short-billed of the Prairie race Ring-billed Gull 10 Black Tern 6 Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Savannah Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jun 26, 2011 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: With Lisa & Mark 3 species Black-bellied Plover 2 Killdeer 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
