Never too late for a good naming contest.

Linda

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On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:42 AM, "Jane Graves" <jgra...@skidmore.edu> wrote:

> The "Moist Soil Unit" was the earlier "unofficial" name.  And  
> Larue's Lagoon is actually "Lesser Yellowlegs."
> They should have had a naming contest.
>
> Jane
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-7383406-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Kevin J.  
> McGowan
> Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 8:22 PM
> To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- 
> fronted Goose
>
> Now that's poetic!
>
> From: bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu  
> [mailto:bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:59 PM
> To: Jane Graves
> Cc: W Larry Hymes; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- 
> fronted Goose
>
> I've also heard it called the "Moist Soil Unit".
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jane Graves 
> <jgra...@skidmore.edu<mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu 
> >> wrote:
>
> Cayugabirders -
>
> The name of the new wet area is the not very original "Shorebird  
> Flats."
>
> Jane Graves
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edu
>  
> > on behalf of W. Larry Hymes
> Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 3:12 PM
> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu>
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted  
> Goose
>
> While in the area, Sara Jane and I stopped by Montezuma yesterday
> afternoon.  Among the waterfowl seen were Mallard, Gadwall, Northern
> Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Scaup (sp.), Ring- 
> necked
> Duck, and Ruddy Duck.  A couple birds of special interest were a  
> GREATER
> WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Larue's Lagoon and a DUNLIN at the new wet area
> on the left side of the north end of the first long straight stretch  
> of
> the Auto Loop (someone needs to give it a name!!!).  Isn't this  
> getting
> a little late for shorebirds to still be here, or has the nice weather
> caused some individuals to tarry awhile longer?
>
> Don't know if we were seeing Cackling Geese, but we noticed  
> considerable
> size variation among some of the Canada Geese in the new wet area.   
> Some
> seemed smaller than normal, and there was one individual that was much
> larger than the rest.  Could these differences be due to different
> subspecies that just happened to be there at the time, or can there be
> substantial variation like this in a population of a single  
> subspecies?
> When casually viewing flocks of Canada's in the past, we can't recall
> ever noticing this much variation in size.
>
> Larry
>
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