Montezuma Tuesday 8/11/09

Location: Montezuma NWR Observation date: 8/11/09 Notes:Ran into Bob Maguire at May's point. We had a great time trying to identify shorebirds distant through the reeds. Challenging to say the least. Highlight at May's were 4 dowitchers probably short-billed prairie race(seen the

Good landbird movement

It seems like there was quite a good movement of landbirds last night. Jessie and I heard good numbers of Veery, Yellow Warbler (type), American Redstart. Others from around here and PA have mentioned similar good flights (best of the season so far). This morning I saw a Blackburnian Warbler from

Myers

Quiet as usual, except for 4 Bonaparte's Gulls (complete with black heads) that flew north at 8.45am. Ryan -- Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Screech Owl and Nocturnal migrants in the morning (3.50am to 6.05 am)

Hi all, I woke up at about 3.50 am to a whinnying coming from my window and spent till just before about 15 minutes before starting this e-mail, enjoying beautiful day unfolding! I write my observations in chronological order. 3.50 am: I woke up to whinnying sound coming through my open bedroom