I just checked the George Road pond. The waterfowl diversity was not spectacular. I saw several Northern Pintail, ~20 Green-winged Teal, six American Black Ducks, lots of Mallards, and one Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid. I did not see any coots, although Kevin saw 10 AMERICAN COOTS, an as-far-as-I-know unprecedented number in the town of Dryden.
However, the shorebirds numbers were much higher than last time. Kevin said there weren't any in the morning (and I saw none earlier in the week), but today I counted: KILLDEER - 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 43 DUNLIN - 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 1 (basic adult with a hurt leg) All the shorebirds I saw were in the shallow water and muddy edge in the area closest to Hart Road along Rt. 38, and this area certainly is worth keeping an eye on. I'm still waiting for a dowitcher or something even more exciting to show up. -Jay -- 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/ --
