It was a productive day. I will keep this short because I am tired but here are some highlights from the day:
Betsy had a very early TENNESSEE WARBLER in the yard this afternoon, which she first saw from inside the house (how many times has this happened before?!). It was silent but she had very good views of it to rule out other more likely possibilities like Nashville and Orange-crowned Warblers and Warbling Vireo. Corey Callaghan, Brian Morse, and I had two SANDHILL CRANES at Meadville Marsh on the Tonawanda WMA (TWMA). Corey and I had a breeding plumaged EARED GREBE on Lake Ontario at Shadigee. There were also four breeding plumaged HORNED GREBES here, one of which had all of its head feathers erect, making it look spectacular! We also had shorebirds at Paddy #2, TWMA, accessed from Griswold Road, not far from Rt 77 - both yellowlegs, Solitary, Pecs, and snipe. A WARBLING VIREO at Paddy #1 was our first of the year. We stopped at the Elba Mucklands (Rt 98, north of the village of Elba) which has excellent shorebird habitat again this year. We only had both yellowlegs today but this should be checked in the days to come. The best fields are on the north side of the ditch near the end of the road. For the day, Corey and I had over 100 species. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
