Actually, it was the same pair on Gravel that I saw today. But yesterday my husband and I were walking on Gravel near W. Tyre Rd and had 3 fly over us.
Pete's friend Claire On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM Peter Saracino <[email protected]> wrote: > And my friend. Claire Damaske, sited a pair bit north of the Refuge on > Lay Rd. (a road that eventually connects to Gravel Rd.) > > Given how cold it must still be further north (not to mention lack of > food) I wonder if these cranes being reported close to home are local > breeders? > Sar > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 2:49 PM Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And locally, the Sandhill Crane migration has extended to the Cayuga Lake >> Basin, where the first 2026 record was on 22 February by David Kennedy, >> quickly followed by Mark Miller, along Durling Rd in the Town of Tyre, >> where they photographed a pair feeding in a cornfield. These cranes were >> also seen by Jackie Baldwin today from Gravel Rd. >> - - Dave Nutter >> >> On Feb 24, 2026, at 1:41 PM, Peter Saracino <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Folks: >> >> My friend at Nebraska's Rowe Sanctuary tells me that their latest count >> of arriving migrating sandhills is approximately 115,000 cranes. They are >> very much arriving on the Platte River at Rowe. >> >> Here’s a link to the Rowe Sanctuary Crane Cam. >> Best times to watch are around sunrise (as they leave for the day to >> feed) and around sunset (when they come pouring into the Platte River for >> the night). >> https://explore.org/livecams/national-audubon-society/crane-camera >> >> And here's a link to Rowe's website. A great addition to any birder's >> bucket list!! >> https://rowe.audubon.org/ >> Sar >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information >> Posting Address: [email protected] >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> <https:%3Ca%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https: >> //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at >> http://www.ebird.org. >> -- >> >> -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: [email protected] > Archives: > The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > <https:%3Ca%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https: > //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org. > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
