The subject birds were the highlights of the few hours I was out birding this morning in Oswego County.
The GREAT EGRET was at the ponds at the golf course along Rt 49 in West Monroe at 7:00 AM and was still present on my return at 11:00. The WILSON’S SNIPE was in the roadside ditch along Toad Harbor Rd near the ponds of the golf course. The UPLAND SANDPIPER was at the Fulton Airport – well actually, it was near the parking lot for the small race track just east of the airport. Visible from Howard Rd near the entrance to the racetrack. Also present were SAVANNAH SPARROWS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. The small pond there had at least 37 GREEN-WINGED TEAL as well. The Rt 6 marsh in Volney was chock full of waterfowl, with 12 species accounted for, plus 2 other water bird species. I tried to make an accurate count of all the birds, but they were moving around way too much. I am sure these numbers are probably on the low side: Canada Goose – 7 Wood Duck – 2 (1 pair male and female) American Wigeon – 41 American Black Duck – 4 Mallard – 20 BLUE-WINGED TEAL – 2 males NORTHERN SHOVELER – 5 (4 males, 1 female) Northern Pintail – 9 Green-winged Teal – 43 Ring-necked Duck – 137 (probably undercounted) Bufflehead – 3 Hooded Merganser – 19 Pied-billed Grebe – 2 Common Gallinule - 3 Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --
