I enjoyed a morning of counting waterfowl with Celeste Morien today at Iroquois NWR. It was cold and most of the ponds were more than 50% frozen. The number of Canada Geese was impressive. Despite the adverse weather, this species has still built up to what I would consider a migration peak. Among the 10,000 plus geese on Ring-necked Marsh were two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE that Celeste and I found. We informed John Welte, who then found four at that location. At Kumph Marsh, we had one more WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.
At the Cayuga Pool overlook, there was an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE. Ring-necked Marsh is accessed by going east from Rt 63 onto Oak Orchard Ridge Road, then turning right into the north overlook parking lot. Kumph Marsh is right along Rt 77 and Feeder Road (the latter only for authorized vehicles), just south of Cayuga Pool. Cayuga and Kumph are on Rt 77 between Salt Works Road and Casey Road, roughly a mile from either (Genesee County). Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year Big Year List: http://www.happtech.com/BigYearDanna -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
