Betsy Potter and I checked Cayuga Pool at Iroquois NWR between 7:00 and 8:00 this evening. The WHITE PELICAN was still there, far back, and at times not visible behind the vegetation (when it put its neck down). Yellowlegs were calling when I first got out of the car and I found three flying away with a smaller bird that was too big to be a peep - quite possibly the Stilt Sandpiper. Shorebirds present in the pool were:
60 LEAST SANDPIPERS 7 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS 23 LESSER YELLOWLEGS Good birding! Willie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 7:04 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] White Pelican, Eared Grebe, Stilt Sand. Genesee Co. July 13 - At Batavia Waste Water Treatment Plant there were: 4 Am. Widgeons, 12 Hooded Mergansers, 9 Ruddy Ducks, and one breeding plumage EARED GREBE. At Iroquois NWR on the Onondaga Trail there were 3 Acadian Flycatchers and a Black-throated Green Wabler. The Bl-thr Green Warbler was 450 feet after the bench with the STAY ON TRAIL sign next to it. The Acadian Flycatchers were 100 feet after, 300 feet after, and 550 feet before the same bench. At Kumpf Marsh there were: 12 Great Egrets, 2 Common Gallinulles, 3 Caspian Terns, 2 Green-winged Teals, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, and a Greater Yellowlegs. At Cayuga Pool there were 56 Great Egrets, 24 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a summer plumage AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, 32 "peep sandpipers", an adult and immature Bald Eagle, and a STILT SANDPIPER. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson -- 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/ --
