I had a fun bit of the afternoon on the towpath at MNWR until I was rained-out—the birds were great, but the rain was so necessary!
Montezuma NWR Towpath Road, Seneca, US-NY Jul 26, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: intermittent drizzle, otherwise good visibility 41 species (+5 other taxa) Canada Goose 60 Trumpeter Swan 3 all three had rust brown on the neck and parts of the face Gadwall 44 American Wigeon 20 approx. 20 Mallard 21 Blue-winged Teal 20 more than 20, On mud bars in Knox-Marcellus Marsh Green-winged Teal 20 more than 20 duck sp. 24 too far away to ID Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 37 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Northern Harrier 1 cruised along north shore Virginia Rail 1 heard only American Coot 3 Killdeer 5 Greater Yellowlegs 12 Lesser Yellowlegs 46 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 12 too far away to tell spp. Sanderling 5 On mud bar in Knox-Marcellus Marsh near dike and Puddler¿s Marsh peep sp. 33 flock flew by too quickly to ID, others foraging appeared to be semipalmated and least sandpipers Short-billed Dowitcher 22 shorebird sp. 6 Ring-billed Gull 225 Herring Gull 13 Caspian Tern 59 fishing throughout the open water areas and resting on mudflats in Knox-Marcellus Marsh Mourning Dove 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow 28 Tree Swallow 200 far too many to count Tufted Titmouse 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 50 following shorebirds on mud for cast-offs Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 21 within a mixed flock of blackbirds blackbird sp. 25 some were following shorebirds eating on mud flat American Goldfinch 12 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
