Bob Horn and I led a trip to Montezuma today. We were accompanied by four great birders -Diane, Ken, Judy, and Phil. This report will not show all the species we saw at each spot (like ebird does), but I repeated some of them.
We started at Stewart Park, birding the east side. The species were: Mallard, Coot, Hooded and Common Merganser, Redhead, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Northern Pintail, Common Goldeneye, the regular three species of gulls, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Rock Pigeon. East Shore Park: New species were Pied-billed Grebe, American Crow, and Song Sparrow. Of note 50 Redheads were counted. Drake Road: House and Tree Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Junco, Mourning Dove, Goldfinch, House Finch, Downy Woodpecker, Cardinal, Blue Jay, European Starling, and Red-tailed Hawk. We saw a Turkey Vulture around there. Myers Point was great! Bonaparte's Gull, Common Loon, Snow Bunting, American Pipit, and killer looks at a Merlin! It posed in a tree near us. Great photos by some! Lake Ridge Road: 2 Pheasant, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and an American Kestrel. (It was one of 4 we saw). Factory Pond in Union Springs was noted for many Gadwall. We saw our first Green-winged Teal. Long Point: Northern Harrier, 7 Pheasant, several Common Loons on the water, Driving into Aurora, Bob, Diane, and Ken saw two American Eagles at a nest, one sitting in it. Of course we had to stop at Dories. Montezuma Wildlife Drive: Snow Geese flying, 13 Bald Eagles sitting on Muskrat mounds, one was an adult. Many Tundra Swans. East Road: The only new species was a Great Blue Heron. Bob saw an Accipiter. He thought it was a Cooper's Hawk, but wasn't totally positive. No Sandhill Cranes were seen and no Snow Geese either. It was much different than last week. We had a total of 51 species. If we count the accipiter sp., then it is 52. Not bad for a cold and eventually wet day. We had a great time. Thank you to everyone who joined us! Ann Mitchell Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
