Ken and I were a bit farther north, doing the waterfowl count at Knox/Marsellus & Puddlers for the DEC/Refuge folks. Still a lot of ice, but the ducks were beginning to fill in. There was a report from one of the counters of some 15,000 NOPI at West Loop Road!
Bob > On Mar 5, 2020, at 8:32 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I was a bit north of you enjoying the many Tundra / Trumpeter Swans along > Lower Lake Road and north of Cayuga Lake State Park.. That WAS an impressive > raft of Snows! > > Marie > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > Website: http://www.marieread.com > > AUTHOR of: > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-124429665-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-124429665-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Suan Hsi Yong > [suan.y...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 5:45 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose island, FOY Sandhill Cranes > > Took the afternoon off hoping to find the snow geese at Mucklands, but en > route I found a/the massive snow goose island between Dean's Cove and Aurora, > so I parked at Dean's Cove hoping to see and video a full eruption which > never came to pass, just a couple of "minor tremors". Starting around 4pm > skeins started departing towards the NW or WNW, which is to say, not towards > the Mucklands. At this point, the island was stretched pretty long and thin, > but still contained an impressive number of birds, echoing a distant > cacophony. > > Also had six Sandhill Cranes fly over, and a few Common Loons fishing and > wailing in the beautiful gentle sun. > > Suan > > PS. No pink-footed goose :-). > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
