Oops. I need to subtract 250 Snow Geese from my East Rd eBird list from last weekend!
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:30 PM, "Kevin James McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I just thought it worth mentioning that someone has an amazing array of Snow > Goose decoys deployed out in the mucklands, to the SE of the potatoes > building. They are visible from East Road, too. These are just about the > most awesome artificial birds I think I have ever seen. From what I could > scope out last weekend, they are cloth, wind-inflatable, and actively moving. > I had to stare twice and shake myself to convince myself that they weren't > really birds. The wind-activated motion was incredibly true to life. Plus, > even if they were only a buck a piece, that's a huge investment in having > several hundred decoys there. They even have the right amount of "Blue" > geese tucked in among the whites. Impressive! > > If I was a goose, I'd be fooled!! > > Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:14 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake > ... > > We spotted a dozen or so Snow Geese on the near dike and several hundred more > in the distant corn fields. > Most of the several hundred ducks were Canvasbacks. ... > > > -- > > 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/ --
