Re: [cayugabirds-l] Knox Marcellus marsh
Yes, Alyssa- they are Surveyors. Pete Sar On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 11:11 AM Johnson, Alyssa wrote: > Today there is a Montezuma Wetlands Complex wide waterfowl survey, so that > is most likely who those people are. > > -- > Alyssa Johnson > Environmental Educator > 315.365.3588 > > Montezuma Audubon Center > PO Box 187 > 2295 State Route 89 > Savannah, NY 13146 > Click here to see upcoming programs and events! > Pronouns: She, Her, Hers > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-126412012-79436...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-126412012-79436...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Carol Keeler > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 11:04 AM > To: Cayuga Birds > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Knox Marcellus marsh > > I thought people weren’t allowed to walk down to the marsh except when we > have shorebird walks. There are 4 men walking down there. Am I wrong on > people going down there? > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > > 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 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 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] Knox Marcellus marsh
Today there is a Montezuma Wetlands Complex wide waterfowl survey, so that is most likely who those people are. -- Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Click here to see upcoming programs and events! Pronouns: She, Her, Hers -Original Message- From: bounce-126412012-79436...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Carol Keeler Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 11:04 AM To: Cayuga Birds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Knox Marcellus marsh I thought people weren’t allowed to walk down to the marsh except when we have shorebird walks. There are 4 men walking down there. Am I wrong on people going down there? Sent from my iPhone -- 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 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] Knox Marcellus marsh
I thought people weren’t allowed to walk down to the marsh except when we have shorebird walks. There are 4 men walking down there. Am I wrong on people going down there? Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh update??
Does anyone know about the status of K-M marsh? I was there yesterday and it doesn't like any decent shorebird habitat has emerged. It looks like the water levels are too high. I know the Finger Lakes region has seen over 200% of normal rainfall in the last few weeks. Is this just mother nature or can they drain it? The shorebirds are coming quick, especially next few weeks. -- 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] Knox Marcellus Marsh habitat
Looks good for shorebirds. Lots of mudflat emerging. Wet pattern will help as we enter the warmest time of year. Did a quick look. Did not see any shorebirds other than killdeer. However shimmer this time of day bad. If wildlife drive has shorebirds this place should too. Found another dozen or so yellowlegs at Eaton Marsh. 3 greater. Rest lesser. Also forgot to mention nice looks at least bittern larues. Good Birding to all! Dave Nicosia. -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh
Took my first trip ever to Knox-Marcellus Marsh today. It definitely won't be my last. We also stopped at the Mucklands where we saw thousands of snow geese along with a few tundra swans. Below is the list for the marsh. Canada Goose X Tundra Swan X Wood Duck X American Wigeon X Mallard X Northern Shoveler X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X Redhead X Bufflehead X Common Merganser X Great Blue Heron X Osprey X Sandhill Crane X gull sp. X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Sent from my iPad -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh and the Montezuma Audubon Center Ponds Sat 8/30/14
Went to K-M marsh this morning on Towpath Road (its really bad by the way). I got there around 830 am and parked close to the dike and almost immediately I got on the 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS found by Dave Wheeler the night before. I was soon joined by fellow birders Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter and eventually Gary Kohlenberg. As Bob stated from a couple days ago, the shorebird habitat here is growing with plenty of mudflats now and many many shorebirds. Besides the HUDSONIAN GODWITS, we found 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and got great looks. These birds were so much buffier and sleaker with a more tapered look and the primary projection just past the tail. They also had scaly scapulars. We also found at least 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANPIPERS. In addition, there was one BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in worn adult plumage and many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and several KILLDEER. Peeps were abundant with most of them being SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were also a fair amount of LEAST SANDPIPERS and several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS here and there. Bob also found a SANDERLING of which I think each of us refound at one point. There could be two of them but we were not sure if it was the same bird. There were also many LESSER YELLOWLEGS and much fewer GREATER YELLOWLEGS. We also had about a dozen or so DOWITCHER sp. They were too distant for us to make a call on species. Some other birds seen here were CASPIAN TERNS, RING-BILLED GULLS, a couple HERRING GULLS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 PINTAIL,5 NORTHERN SHOVELORS and MALLARDS. Waders were the typical numerous GREAT-BLUE HERONS and many GREAT EGRETS. The Montezuma Audubon Center has a quite a bit of shorebirds much closer than what was seen at K-M marsh. There were many dowitchers. There was at least 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and around 35 or so SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. In addition, there was one STILT SANDPIPER.The peeps were both SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS. There were also KILLDEER and several SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. It was great day of shorebirds and I thank Dave, Bob and Gary for making the day even more fun and enjoyable. Dave -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh Thursday Evening 24 July 14
Since I was last at K-M Marsh on the 18th, the numbers and diversity of shorebirds has increased. However, after reading Dave Nutter's email its all relative. Birds that have increased markedly since the 18th are both LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were a few large flocks and even a one really nice murmuration when a PEREGRINE FALCON flew by and snatched what I think was a lesser yellowlegs. It was a little challenging to id this bird in the falcon's talons. Poor bird. Also more numerous were SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. I could not refind the Wilson's phalarope of last week either and I only found 2 STILT SANDPIPERS this time. To me there seemed to be about the same number of dowitcher sp. as I remember since the 18th possibly more. Of course both yellowleg species still are in abundance. I think the biggest change at least since the 18th are the number of peeps. I was on East Road and many of the birds looked closer to Towpath road. The distance was too much for me to be totally sure on many of the more distant peeps. To me they all looked like either least or semipalmated sandpipers with a couple larger chunkier pectoral sandpipers here and there . I thought I had a sanderling at one point. The bird was more whitish and larger than the semipalmated sandpipers but given the distance I could not be totally sure. I wouldn't be surprised if others found something unusual up there this weekend, especially given the north winds of late and chilly air that has come down from Canada. Good birding, Dave Nicosia -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh from East Road PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Got here around 130 pm and as expected viewing conditions are brutal. First southbound shorebirds present. or left over spring migrants? Had 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 PECTORAL SANSPIPERS. The birds are in and out of the weeds by the water's edge close to where a few weeks go there were many peeps, plovers etc. In addition, there is a SNOW GOOSE that does not appear injured as it was flying at times. Also present are 3 COMMON TERNS among 21 CASPAIN TERNS and 2 RING BILLED GULLS. There is at least 19 GREAT EGRETS. Also 1 NORTHERN SHOVELOR, many GREEN WINGED TEALS. I plan on returning later before I head home for better lighting. -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh from East Rd. This Evening Sat Aug 17 2013
Finally got a chance to view K-M Marsh from East Rd in the evening. I was there from about 5 pm to 715 pm. The weather was perfect, light breeze, no bugs, and comfortable temperatures. There was no appreciable heat shimmer and the lighting was great. My focus was on shorebirds. Lesser and greater yellowlegs, semipalmated sandpipers and least sandpipers make up the majority of the shorebirds which are probably well over a 1000 in number by now. Since the last time I was here, at least a couple weeks ago, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS have become much more common. Also much more plentiful were SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. There were loads of these cute little guys on the mudflats. I also had several BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS too. First big find for me was a fairly close view of a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER in a nearby mudflat. What struck me about this bird was how slender it looked compared to the plumper PECTORALS around and its coloration which was more beige-ish. This bird clearly had black legs too. The primary projections were past the tail and there were also semipalmated and least sandpipers around for comparison. The least sandpipers were more brownish and the semipalmated sandpipers were more grayish and both did not have the longer wings or that sleaker appearance. Then I found Mark Miller's phalaropes. They were easy to id from East Rd as RED-NECKED with the nice black eye strip. These birds are very white in the front and were swimming. I eventually had 3 of them at times together swimming about. They put a real show on for me and were easy to view with a scope. Later before I left I also got on a WILSON'S PHALAROPE. This bird still had some purplish-maroon on the sides of its back but it was very whitish in the front compared to the yellowlegs around. The phalarope had a more horizontal profile and unlike the red-necked, this guy was foraging on the edge of the mudflat. I also got a nice view of a basic plumage SANDERLING. In addition there were still about a dozen STILT SANDPIPERS, quite a few DOWITCHERS (short-billed still?) and a couple SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Other birds... The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues. There were also many RING-BILLED GULLS, few HERRING GULLS and a lot of CASPIAN TERNS. BLACK TERNS are still lingering too but their numbers seem down from last time. There also was a nice looking juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON on the ground looking over his menu. He remained in the same spot on the edge of the marsh for quite some time. Guess he had a hard time making his mind up on what he wanted for dinner!! A NORTHERN HARRIER also flew over the marsh and scared up the shorebirds. Waders continue to be abundant...with many many GREAT BLUE HERONS and GREAT EGRETs. I also had one fly-over BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON adult. I will send an ebird list soon as I may have forgotten a few more that I had... Cheers, Dave Nicosia -- 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] Knox-Marcellus marsh
How do I get to this marsh? Is it just south of the towpath road as you drive along it or is it at a mor specific location? Going tomorrow, thanks in advance Jim Gaffney Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Knox-Marcellus marsh
It is the marsh, mudflats, and open water north of Towpath Road (before the first dike) and east of East Road. Shorebirds are best seen from East Road in the late afternoon and evening, marsh birds best seen along Towpath. -Jay On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:11 PM, James Gaffney jgaff...@gmail.com wrote: How do I get to this marsh? Is it just south of the towpath road as you drive along it or is it at a mor specific location? Going tomorrow, thanks in advance Jim Gaffney Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] Knox-Marcellus Marsh
I had a fun bit of the afternoon on the towpath at MNWR until I was rained-out—the birds were great, but the rain was so necessary! Montezuma NWR Towpath Road, Seneca, US-NY Jul 26, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: intermittent drizzle, otherwise good visibility 41 species (+5 other taxa) Canada Goose 60 Trumpeter Swan 3 all three had rust brown on the neck and parts of the face Gadwall 44 American Wigeon 20 approx. 20 Mallard 21 Blue-winged Teal 20 more than 20, On mud bars in Knox-Marcellus Marsh Green-winged Teal 20 more than 20 duck sp. 24 too far away to ID Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 37 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Northern Harrier 1 cruised along north shore Virginia Rail 1 heard only American Coot 3 Killdeer 5 Greater Yellowlegs 12 Lesser Yellowlegs 46 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 12 too far away to tell spp. Sanderling 5 On mud bar in Knox-Marcellus Marsh near dike and Puddler¿s Marsh peep sp. 33 flock flew by too quickly to ID, others foraging appeared to be semipalmated and least sandpipers Short-billed Dowitcher 22 shorebird sp. 6 Ring-billed Gull 225 Herring Gull 13 Caspian Tern 59 fishing throughout the open water areas and resting on mudflats in Knox-Marcellus Marsh Mourning Dove 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow 28 Tree Swallow 200 far too many to count Tufted Titmouse 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 50 following shorebirds on mud for cast-offs Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 21 within a mixed flock of blackbirds blackbird sp. 25 some were following shorebirds eating on mud flat American Goldfinch 12 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
