It got a little crazy in the Savannah Mucklands in Seneca County this morning. From the potatoes building, the two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS continued in the fields south of the road, the BLACK-NECKED STILT made a few appearances while often flying off to the north out of view, two adult LITTLE GULLS, one in close to full alternate hooded glory, one in more basic plumage, showed up in the Bonaparte's flock close to the road. From a bit farther east on 31, we were able to see two male EURASIAN WIGEON, one on each side of the road, as well as a male EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a DIFFERENT individual from the Eurasian Green-winged I found a few weeks ago that was also present today at the Montezuma Visitor Center. Finally, shorebirds making appearances included DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, both YELLOWLEGS, and a rare-in-spring AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER that flew over the potatoes building and landed out in front of the decoys. The plover was in dull basic plumage, making it hard to pick out from the corn stubble. I last saw it in flight with a yellowlegs flock at the west end of the Mucklands. Finally, continuing high dabbling duck numbers and all three swan species made for a spectacular (albeit chilly) stop. Full checklist with a few documentation photos here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36173112
Dave Kennedy's CATTLE EGRET continued at the edge of the Chiropractic College campus this morning at well: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36162746 And Dave Nutter's group found two BLACK VULTURES along the shoreline north of Frontenac Park in Union Springs earlier today, only one of which was visible near the end of the point along the north side of the bay when we made a quick stop on our way back down the lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36172616 Who knows what else is out there! The Mucklands are looking prime for a Ruff or other spring shorebird, and a Glossy Ibis must be somewhere in the wetlands complex right now. Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
