Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus and Puddler Marshes, Seneca, New York, US May 29, 2015 5:30 PM - 6:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary Comments: Mike and Joanne Tetlow including myself, all numbers are actual counts. 39 species Canada Goose 300 approximate overall estimate. Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 2 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Single male, seen with American Wigeon in clear light, red head, grayish body, had been previously reported. American Wigeon 6 American Black Duck 5 Mallard 420 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 2 One drake and hen feeding, no queston about ID. Green-winged Teal 1 Redhead 1 Wild Turkey 1 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 4 Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Sandhill Crane 3 Colt was very nice to see well, usually was kept hidden. Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 18 Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Ruddy Turnstone 28 Dunlin 100 Least Sandpiper 10 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 540 Caspian Tern 7 Black Tern 14 Mourning Dove 2 Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow 2 Barn Swallow X Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Montezuma NWR--Wildlife Drive, Seneca, New York, US May 29, 2015 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Mike and Joanne Tetlow and I did the wildlife drive, all numbers are counts. 44 species Canada Goose 50 Wood Duck 17 3 adults and 14 chicks. American Black Duck 2 Mallard 100 Rough estimate. Blue-winged Teal 2 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Egret X Turkey Vulture 2 Virginia Rail 1 Common Gallinule 5 Black-bellied Plover 14 Semipalmated Plover 24 Killdeer 6 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Dunlin 2 Least Sandpiper 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Mourning Dove 4 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Near lookout tower. Warbling Vireo 1 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 30 Tree Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 10 Marsh Wren 3 American Robin 4 European Starling X Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 4 Red-winged Blackbird X Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23702754 -- 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/ --