Here are some highlights from my visit to the Montezuma NWR and environs this morning:
WAYNE COUNTY - Carncross Rd at Seneca River: (6:23 - 6:45) multiple flocks of mostly RUSTY BLACKBIRDS headed north along the river 2 SANDHILL CRANES calling from the Nature Conservancy property north of Carncross Rd 1 COMMON MOORHEN calling from the Nature Conservancy property north of Carncross Rd 2 TRUMPETER SWANS flying south towards Morgan Rd Martens Tract: (6:50 - 8:30) 1 SORA, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL and an AMERICAN BITTERN calling from the reeds just north of the lookout 1 WILD TURKEY heard gobbling and eventually seen crossing the field between the lookout and Savannah-Spring Lake Rd 1 male NORTHERN HARRIER hunting over the same field 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK seen in the treeline north of the lookout being harassed by some Crows and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK RUFFED GROUSE and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER heard drumming from the woods south of the lookout Muckrace Flats along Savannah-Spring Lake Rd: 12 NORTHERN SHOVELER 25 GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS Pond where Crusoe Creek passes under S-SL Rd: plenty of AMERICAN WIGEON 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1 drake HOODED MERGANSER Re-created wetland across from MAC: 7 WILSON'S SNIPE 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS Railroad Rd: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS 1 EURASIAN WIGEON among the AMERICAN WIGEON Van Dyne Spoor Rd 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER multiple PECTORAL SANDPIPERS SENECA COUNTY - Tschache Pool: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS AMERICAN WIGEON, GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 more BLUE-WINGED TEAL, COMMON MERGANSERS, PIED-BILLED GREBE 1 CASPIAN TERN Refuge HQ and Main Pool: 1 CAROLINA WREN singing from woods between HQ and the River MALLARD, BLACK DUCK, CANADA GOOSE, NORTHERN SHOVELER, REDHEAD, CANVASBACK, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, RUDDY DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and BUFFLEHEAD Mickey Scilingo North Syracuse Onondaga County, NY [email protected] 315-679-6299 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
