Tifft Nature Preserve, Erie, US-NY Sep 2, 2012 6:15 PM - 7:35 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: 82 F sun with some clouds. 27 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 138 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 9 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 8 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 16 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 35 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 9 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 19 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 5 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 6 Both species of Yellowlegs feeding in a small pool - one of the remnants of the Berm Pond. Greater Yellowlegs seemed not too much smaller than the green herons present. One Greater appeared to be eating a Bullfrog tadpole Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 2 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 3 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 3 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 3 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 15 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 22 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 3 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 60 conservative estimate - heading into Phragmites stands along Lake Kirsty to roost Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 4 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5 Tifft Nature Preserve, Erie, US-NY Sep 3, 2012 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: 80 F mostly sunny. Met Alec Humann to see the Olive-sided Flycatcher he had spotted. 32 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 168 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 7 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 4 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 16 American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) 1 Excellent views - just out from the cattails at the north end of the boardwalk. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 5 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 6 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 8 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1 Spotted by Alec while viewing the flycatcher Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 1 Spotted by Alec. It was up high in dead cottonwoods and offering really great views. Eventually flew off when a very low flying helicopter passed overhead. Hopefully others will get a look at this bird (lifer for me). Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2 both very vocal near the southern boundary of the preserve Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 7 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 9 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 22 -- 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/ --
