---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: david nicosia <daven1...@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:34 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma and Northern Cayuga Lake 5/13/15 To: "Cayugabirds-L L." <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu>
I did a quick trip to Montezuma and vicinity today. Notable birds... wildlife drive to the left of Larue's in the main pool there are likely hundreds if not more shorebirds all very distant. I was able to ID the following species... LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and KILLDEER. The CANVASBACK continues on the mound farther up to the left. I recall one in a similar location last year at this time. Same bird? or an injured bird? Hopefully the former. 3 SNOW GEESE with some canadas not far from where the carp crossing is. There was also a nice male NORTHERN SHOVELOR. A fairly close SOLITARY SANDPIPER with a LEAST SANDPIPER right by road to the left of Benning Marsh. Also had a gorgeous male NORTHERN HARRIER over the marsh near the thruway. Also had 2 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the pond near the end to the left. 54 species total on wildlife drive. Carncross Road had 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS that flew in and landed near a bunch of CASPIAN TERNS. There were also at least 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (heard) and 1 LEAST SANDPIPER (heard), many yellowlegs and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. East Road had one very rusty SANDHILL CRANE. At Frontenac Marina there were 66 COMMON TERNS with 19 CASPIAN TERNS!! That is the most COTE I have ever had in the Cayuga basin at once. Some select photos can be found here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157650436621584 Dave Nicosia -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave *Archives:* The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net *Please submit your observations to 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/ --
