This is a forwarded message from Michael Gochfeld:
This afternoon, I was driving along the north shore of the Mohawk, when I was surprised to find two Sandhill Cranes roosting in the backwater very close to the road. The birds were not nervous at all.Only about 50ft away. Although these were my first NY Cranes, I did a quick web search, and apparently this same pair has been seen in this same place previously (at least back in January). I don't know if there are more recent records, but these are really cooperative. I expect they will stay at this spot until a little after sunrise. Presumably this is a habitual roost spot (within a couple hundred yards of where they roosted in January). The location is TOWPATH ROAD 0.4 miles west of the junction with BEACH ROAD, at which point TOWPATH becomes CANAL ROAD in the town of HALF MOON (Saratoga County) The access is probably from Route 9. just immediately north of the Mohawk River. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
