Never too late for a good naming contest. Linda
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:42 AM, "Jane Graves" <jgra...@skidmore.edu> wrote: > The "Moist Soil Unit" was the earlier "unofficial" name. And > Larue's Lagoon is actually "Lesser Yellowlegs." > They should have had a naming contest. > > Jane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-7383406-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Kevin J. > McGowan > Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 8:22 PM > To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- > fronted Goose > > Now that's poetic! > > From: bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:59 PM > To: Jane Graves > Cc: W Larry Hymes; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- > fronted Goose > > I've also heard it called the "Moist Soil Unit". > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jane Graves > <jgra...@skidmore.edu<mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu > >> wrote: > > 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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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/ > > -- > > > > -- > Tim Lenz > t...@cornell.edu<mailto: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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
