Hi all, After sleeping in today Bob and Ann picked me up for a trip up the lake to see what was new. It was a funny day with the weather. Although we had some new birds for the year, numbers were low, and we had to work to get them. At Mud Lock the female Bald Eagle was vocalizing almost constantly with their, I think, too wimpy raptor call. It was nice to hear Savanna and Swamp Sparrows again. Here are some highlights from a few of our stops including the surprise Black-crowned Night Herons sitting in a tree at the start of Towpath Rd and our first Common Moorhen at Matin's Tract. We missed the shorebirds on the auto-loop the first time around probably because a Peregrine Falcon was hunting. The second loop was the charm.
Location: Lake Road Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze Number of species: 3 Northern Harrier 1 European Starling 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. No large numbers of any birds. Number of species: 16 Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Mallard 3 Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Common Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Herring Gull (American) 1 European Starling X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org Location: Montezuma NWR - Towpath Rd. Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. Eagles were all imm. Number of species: 23 Trumpeter Swan 1 Wood Duck 6 Green-winged Teal (American) 40 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 4 Northern Harrier 1 Bonaparte's Gull 16 Ring-billed Gull 120 Herring Gull (American) 1 Caspian Tern 2 American Crow X Tufted Titmouse 1 American Robin 4 Cedar Waxwing X Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Brown-headed Cowbird 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) Location: Marten's Tract Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. Small numbers of Ducks Number of species: 5 Canada Goose X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal (American) X Common Moorhen 1 gull sp. X Song Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) Location: N. Montezuma WMA--Railroad Rd. Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze Number of species: 14 Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Mallard X American Bittern 1 Turkey Vulture 14 Virginia Rail 2 Killdeer 1 Caspian Tern 1 Tree Swallow 200 Barn Swallow 1 American Robin X Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 3 Red-winged Blackbird X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. A quick drive by the new shorebird spot. Number of species: 5 Killdeer 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Dunlin 3 American Crow X Tree Swallow X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) -- 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/ --
