Livia and I drove up to Montezuma after work yesterday evening. We were unable to find the ibis, although we ran into someone at Mays Point who said she had seen it (or at least an ibis) there at Mays, down the channel to the left, somewhere in the 3:00-4:00 hour, so perhaps just after Dave et al saw it fly from the visitor center pond. We did find a large number of Calidris at the visitor center, including about 40 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 4+ BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and numerous Pectoral, Least, and Semipalmated. At Mays Point, we quickly located the juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the mudflat in the middle of the pool. Also present here was a juvenile RUDDY TURNSTONE, 2 juvenile STILT SANDPIPERS, a juvenile BONAPARTE'S GULL, and two adult BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. The plovers were still mostly in breeding plumage, with only a small amount of mottling on their black breasts and bellies, ending at the flanks with pure white vents. Their backs were bright white and black checkered (appeared overall gray), and they did not appear very capped. They were also calling frequently. These were apparently different birds than the golden-plovers Dave described to me, although it's very odd that two Pluvialis were replaced by two others only a few hours later.
I have checked the Cornell compost piles yesterday morning and this morning, but no sign of the Laughing Gull. It could still be in the area, though, so keep an eye out wherever there are concentrations of Ring-billed Gulls. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > Other shorebirds today at Mays Point Pool included a Baird's Sandpiper, at > least 6 White-dumped Sandpipers, and lots of Least & Semipalmated Sandpipers > and Lesser Yellowlegs, plus a few Killdeer and Greater Yellowlegs, two > Dowitcher, sp., and a Ruddy Turnstone. I also saw what I suspect was the > juvenile Bonaparte's Gull in the distance, swimming and pecking at the water > as a phalarope does. The shorebird habitat is now very good at Mays. > Bob, Ann, & I also found lots of shorebirds but less variety at Puddler's: > 8 juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers, and lots of Semipalmated Plovers, > Semipalmated Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers. > Larue's has some water water around the edges, but we saw few shorebirds > there or at the (former) Shorebird Flats along the Wildlife Drive. > Visitor Center had both Yellowlegs, and a few Least and Semipalmated > Sandpipers. > > --Dave Nutter > Ithaca, NY > > On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:33 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: > > > cayugaRBA BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER & 2 AMER GOLDEN-PLOVERS, Mays Pt, back > edge to right, 3:15pm 30 Aug > > --Dave Nutter > > > > -- > > > > 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/ > > > > -- > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
