There were also shorebirds at the mucklands. Yellowlegs carefully identified and counted. Dunlin mostly in transitional plumage.
David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY Montezuma (NMWMA)--Carncross Rd., Wayne, US-NY Apr 24, 2014 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) 21 species Canada Goose 4 American Black Duck X Mallard X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X Double-crested Cormorant 1 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 250 counted carefully twice by clicking; large size and bill 2x width of head; direct comparison with Lesser Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Dunlin 10 Least Sandpiper 4 Pectoral Sandpiper 4 Ring-billed Gull 6 Caspian Tern 10 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 -- 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/ --
