Just a quick trip out to Woodlawn and Times Beach for shorebirds. The best area for shorebirds at Woodlawn is between the area where the creeks feed into Lake Erie and the wind turbines.
Woodlawn, Erie, US-NY Aug 5, 2012 5:10 PM - 5:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: 78 F sun and clouds 13 species Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 11 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 1 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 5 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 39 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 7 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 8 Times Beach, Erie, US-NY Aug 5, 2012 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: 78 F sun and clouds 10 species Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 18 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 5 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 3 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 Joe Fell Buffalo, NY -- 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/ --
