Thursday, July 5, 2012
Escape from the storm
It was time for my monthly to bi-monthly trip to the Fingerlakes to visit the missus. The timing seemed just perfect as vicious storms hit Maryland on my way out leaving many homes at least temporarily without power. I managed to get my birding hit on Sunday morning starting on the wildlife drive of the Montezuma NWR. For a mid-summer day the birding was cracking with lots of activity at all corners of the reserve. I added a whopping 24 species to the year list; highlights being an American Bittern, Bobolinks, a single Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bonaparte's Gulls and an Alder Flycatcher on the towpath. A few shorebirds in the form of Least Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitchers, Spotted Sandpipers, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs were around. No sign of the Ruff that was seen last week, though. As ever this place amazes time after time and I just wished I could bird there more often. We are half-way through the year and the Montezuma year list stands at 92, the total patch list at 134.
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