On my way to Chenango Co this morning I noticed an odd looking bird on a power pole over a wet meadow. My impression was a Wilson's Snipe. So I stopped my car turned around and went back. On one pole indeed there was a Wilson's Snipe. I took some photos and then drove a little way down Rte 26 to turn around and found a second one again on a power pole. Both birds were calling at times and the habitat looked great for WISN, so they are probably breeders. This is at the southern edge of their expansive breeding range in the eastern 1/2 of North America. E-bird list with photos is here.... https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57836210
Dave Nicosia -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
