[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland shorebirds

2011-05-17 Thread David McCartt
Hi All, I stopped briefly this morning at Goetchius Wetland and found a nice variety of shorebirds.  There was at least one GREATER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and what I think were LEAST SANDPIPERS.  I had SPOTTED SANDPIPERS there last week and would not be

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland shorebirds

2011-05-18 Thread John Confer
Hi Folks, Nice omen! One reason the spotted sandpipers might be less visible is because at least one is sitting on 4 eggs, as Stef Karkuff and I observed this morning. This the first bird known to nest in the recent wetland restoration. John Confer On 5/17/2011 4:32 PM, David McC