Bob, Thanks for posting. Last year a full report never was posted to the list. Can you tell us who won?
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will get posted to the List soon. Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club. Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced). Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted, Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
