Very few shorebirds on the ground at Carncross at the moment, but three RED KNOTS just flew over with three Black-bellied Plovers. Perhaps more noteworthy still, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was sitting with a small flock of Canada Geese in the water. They all just took off and flew north. On May 30, 2014 5:25 PM, "Dave Nutter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just got a call (5:10pm) from Dominic Sherony who was at Montezuma > earlier today. He says that when he arrived at Carncross Road about 11:30am > there was a flock of 40-50 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in the air along with some > RED KNOTS - he's not sure how many. They had apparently been put up by an > eagle, and they circled higher and departed. Joe Wing, who was there before > they took flight, may have a count. At least 5 RED KNOTS remained at > Carncross when Dominic left at 12:20pm, along with various other > shorebirds, some of them distant and challenging. > > Dominic was also at Armitage Road today where he saw 2 possible AMERICAN > GOLDEN-PLOVERS, one basic and one nearly so. If anyone else has seen these > birds he'd like confirmation or correction on the ID. He was also at > Armitage on the 27th and saw the single RED KNOT as late as 3pm that I > found that day. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/[email protected]/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/ --
