It was a wonderful day on Saturday for a Day Tour (1/12) along the Niagara River. We covered Goat Island on the U.S. side, and from the Horseshoe Falls all the way to Fort Erie on the Canadian side. We ended with 46 species, with many highlights, of which the Spotted Sandpiper on the south end of Three Sister Islands (thanks to David Suggs for posting it yesterday) was the most notable.
Common Loon - 2 Horned Grebe - 1 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Tundra Swan - 25+ 16 species of duck Gadwall - 10+ American Wigeon - 3 Canvasback - 1 Redhead - 25+ Ring-necked Duck - 1 Lesser Scaup - 700+ Greater Scaup - 300+ Long-tailed Duck - 3 BLACK SCOTER - 1 female between American and Horseshoe Falls Common Goldeneye - 100+ Bufflehead - 500+ Hooded Merganser - 125+ Common Merganser - 25+ Red-breasted Merganser - 10+ SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 along south (upstream) end of Three Sister Islands (feeding in the shallow water near fallen logs as seen through the construction fencing). PURPLE SANDPIPER - 2 on rocks above stranded barge by Horseshoe Falls Bonaparte's Gull - 500+ Iceland Gull - 1 adult Glaucous Gull - 1 1st winter Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 adult Thayer's Gull - 1 2nd winter Tufted Titmouse - 1 Carolina Wren - 2 Goat Island Brett Lakeshore Nature Tours bmew...@lakeshorenaturetours.com www.LakeshoreNatureTours.com Facebook at Lakeshore Nature Tours Page - Like Us! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --