Hi everyone, I was there at Holden Rd and Storm Rd earlier this morning and saw a nice sized (45) mixed flock of snow buntings and horned larks https://ebird.org/checklist/S80939956. I wasn't able to pick out any longspurs (kudos to you, Gary!), but the flock was hanging out in the middle of Storm Rd as well as flying over fields east and west of the road and should make for good viewing.
Cheers, Kevin Kevin C Packard 364 Ives Hall East Department of Social Statistics, ILR School Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-5381 ________________________________ From: bounce-125383611-86653...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-125383611-86653...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Gary Kohlenberg <jg...@cornell.edu> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 2:13 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Lansing, Storm Rd. / Holden Rd intersection field birds I haven’t found many good areas for field birds this winter in Tompkins Co. Indian Field Rd. road shoulders have been OK, but the road is very busy making viewing difficult. Storm Road / Holden Rd. intersection area, in Lansing, is the best so far. The nearby farm is spreading manure / bedding on the snow parallel to Holden Rd. for about 0.1 mi. The best viewing is from Storm Rd. I was here yesterday and didn’t see much, but the spread was new. Today it is a larger area. There are Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and I’ve saw one Lapland Longspur, before the tractor stirred thing up. I suspect it will get better as the day goes on. Gary -- 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/ --
