[cayugabirds-l] Ibis sighting Saturday 22 July at Tschache Pool

[Dave Nutter]

This afternoon (Sat 22 July) Ferris Akel took video of a dark ibis flying over 
Tschache Pool at Montezuma NWR. Although Glossy Ibis is more common here than 
White-faced Ibis, both have been seen at Montezuma NWR in years past, and the 
video did not appear to me to be identifiable to species. This is the first 
ibis report in the area of which I am aware, so I am listing this as "Plegadis 
sp (Ibis)" in the 2017 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records unless/until someone 
gets a better look at such a bird in the area soon, and is able to see 
distinguishing field marks. 

Ferris Akel does a remarkable weekly live-stream birding program called Birding 
with Ferris, often at Montezuma NWR or Sapsucker Woods. Viewers discuss what is 
heard and seen, come to a consensus, and submit an eBird report. The relevant 
part of today's show can be seen at

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/106116822

The ibis can be seen for about 10 seconds starting at about 55:30 and again at 
about 56:25 through about 59:04. It's distant, high-magnification, shaky, and 
often out of focus, but it shows an all-dark wader with long trailing legs, a 
long thin neck, a bulbous head thicker than the neck, a long down-curved 
grayish bill, and a fast steady wingbeat interrupted a few times by a short 
glide, all of which is typical of either Glossy Ibis or White-faced Ibis.

--Dave Nutter


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> Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1)
> - Reported Jul 22, 2017 16:19 by Birding WithFerris
> - Montezuma NWR--Tschache Pool Viewpoint, Seneca, New York
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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR least bittern show

[Suan Yong]

Arrived around 10am at Larue's lagoon to enjoy the least bittern show (second 
pool to the right), with first one then two birds hunting out in the open 
(albeit tending towards the far side of the pool) and at least two more calling 
from shuffling patches of cattails, every now and then one flying across the 
drive towards the main pool, and coming back. The ability to get out of the car 
made it much easier to notice these flights and hear the calls. At one point 
one of the birds was about 50 feet away, as close as one had been in the open 
all morning, and as three of us approached for a closer look it took off 
directly toward us, flew by about 5 feet in front of us, across the drive 
towards the main pool. I've only seen such close flybys either when being 
shooed off by a nest defender, or in places like the Galapagos where the birds 
have no fear of humans. (Of course, who's to say it isn't the cars-only policy 
that got these guys to not fear us?)

It was so much fun being able to stroll along the drive that I took four hours 
to reach the bend, trying to photograph the ubiquitously chattering but 
secretive marsh wrens, watching an adult bald eagle bring a fish from the main 
pool, waiting for kingbirds and sparrows to pose in the beautiful yellow 
blooms... With sightings of GBHs, green herons, great egrets, a close flyby 
juvenile black-crowned night-heron, and a flyover American Bittern, I ended up 
with a "local breeding" heron sweep.

White pelican was just chillin' at Bennings when I finally drove by after 2pm.

Suan
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[cayugabirds-l] Pelican continues in Benning Marsh

[Dave K]

9:45 a.m. Pelican lounging in Benning Marsh. Close looks

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