[cayugabirds-l] still hatching
Yesterday evening in the Danby State Forest I came across the eggshell of a thrush, probably Hermit Thrush. It must have been discarded very recently, as it was lying atop fresh ATV tracks. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] MNWR - Friday night
Seemed better than earlier in the week. Both the Visitor's Center pool and Wildlife Drive spot have good water levels and are attracting shorebirds. The Main Pool is getting herons in the open area and may get shorebirds at some point. Benning Marsh is also looking good. Highlight was a juvenile Bonaparte's Gull and possible Western Sandpiper at the Visitor Center pool. The peep had a big long bill but not much droop at the end and was feeding near a Stilt Sandpiper. I've been mostly seeing peeps from 500 yards so far this year, so at 50 yards there's a sudden flood of plumage information. Perhaps it was lighting but the plumage wasn't exactly what I think of for Western and I left it unsure which. Someone else may get to see it and I also have a photo I can post. 34-35 Great Egret at Mays Point but no wing tags that I could see. Dave W. Oswego County NY Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Jul 29, 2011 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Shorebirds only 15 species (+1 other taxa) Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Killdeer 8 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 30 Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 Least Sandpiper 6 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Stilt Sandpiper 1 peep sp. 1 Possibly a Western Sandpiper, feeding near the Stilt Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull 1 Stunning juvenile bird Ring-billed Gull 15 Caspian Tern 15 Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Jul 29, 2011 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Shorebirds only, from the new shorebird area 9 species Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Greater Yellowlegs 7 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 29, 2011 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Shorebirds only 21 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Green-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle X Sandhill Crane X heard calling Semipalmated Plover 35 Something flushed the birds around 8pm and during the ensuing chaos all the Semi-p Plovers got together in a single-species flock and flew over Towpath Rd seemingly leaving the impoundment. A few were seen on the mud flat afterward. Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 30 estimate Lesser Yellowlegs 600 estimate Semipalmated Sandpiper X many Least Sandpiper X many Pectoral Sandpiper 120 estimate Stilt Sandpiper 15 approximately Short-billed Dowitcher 6 presumed Short-billed Ring-billed Gull 10 Caspian Tern 6 Black Tern 3 Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 29, 2011 9:00 PM - 9:05 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Counted Great Egrets 2 species Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 34 or 35. I didn't see any wing tags. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds, Sat 30 July
A bunch of Ithacans went to Montezuma NWR this morning (Sat 30 July). Paul Anderson, Gary Kohlenberg, Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell, and I were in one group, and we ran into Jay McGowan and a woman I don't know. We were mainly interested in shorebirds, and we found the most at the Visitor Center, and at Puddler's, with a few at the Seneca River slough near the start of the Wildlife Drive, at the Shorebird Flats later on, and at Muckrace Flats on Savannah-Spring Lake Rd near Bixby Hill Rd. The Visitor Center had:KilldeerGreater YellowlegsLesser YellowlegsSolitary SandpiperSpotted SandpiperPectoral Sandpiper - 1Semipalmated SandpiperLeast SandpiperWilson's Snipe - 1The peeps included a flock of several score which preened, making ID a bit challenging, then flew off to an out-of-view location in the marsh to the west. They did this twice, once when we first arrived, then again when we checked it out on our way south again. Puddler's had the same variety, minus the snipe and plus a couple Semipalmated Plovers, and several each of Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. There were also a dozen or more of the Pectoral Sandpipers there. Black Tern numbers are way down, with only a couple at Puddler's. As an added treat for those fanatics who read to the end of boring posts such as this and are interested in birds which are out-of-season but not out-of-range, we saw a single male Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park in Ithaca at 6:30am.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Western or Semi-palmated
I'm thinking it's a molting adult Western, and have put the best photo on my seldom-used Flickr page at the address below. I could be wrong however. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/5991674485/in/photostream Dave Wheeler Oswego County NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds, Sat 30 July
I also saw the Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park later in the morning (10am): http://www.flickr.com/photos/27753519@N03/5992064679/in/photostream *And* this odd goose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27753519@N03/5992690740/in/photostream Anyone know what this is? Hybrid? Brett On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: A bunch of Ithacans went to Montezuma NWR this morning (Sat 30 July). Paul Anderson, Gary Kohlenberg, Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell, and I were in one group, and we ran into Jay McGowan and a woman I don't know. We were mainly interested in shorebirds, and we found the most at the Visitor Center, and at Puddler's, with a few at the Seneca River slough near the start of the Wildlife Drive, at the Shorebird Flats later on, and at Muckrace Flats on Savannah-Spring Lake Rd near Bixby Hill Rd. The Visitor Center had: Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe - 1 The peeps included a flock of several score which preened, making ID a bit challenging, then flew off to an out-of-view location in the marsh to the west. They did this twice, once when we first arrived, then again when we checked it out on our way south again. Puddler's had the same variety, minus the snipe and plus a couple Semipalmated Plovers, and several each of Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. There were also a dozen or more of the Pectoral Sandpipers there. Black Tern numbers are way down, with only a couple at Puddler's. As an added treat for those fanatics who read to the end of boring posts such as this and are interested in birds which are out-of-season but not out-of-range, we saw a single male Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park in Ithaca at 6:30am. --Dave Nutter -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
