[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese at the muck

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

About 6:15 p.m., 28 Mar. 2019, daughter Becky & I were parked at Rtes. 
31 & 89 when great flocks of snow geese began arriving from the north.  
For 45 min. we watched as thousands of snows just kept coming, probably 
heading to Cayuga Lake.  Where in the world had they been all day??? The 
last ones seemed to be struggling in the stiff winds.


We saw hunters well hidden in the bushes & trees on the south side of 
the muck & heard gunshots.


On the muck, in the fading light, we saw 12 swans,  a few Canadas & 
other ducks among many mallards & the great nos. of pintail ducks.


Our actual aim was to look for ospreys as we traveled from one place to 
another & we did find some on the nests. OOB but the nest on the relay 
tower in downtown Geneva had a bird on the nest! Many nest platforms are 
almost totally devoid of  sticks. Especially noticeable was the old 
power tower at Mud Lock that is all but bare. We found eagles in the air 
or on their several nests, including the one across the Seneca River 
outlet at Mud Lock.


Tschache pool appears to have been drawn down to dry out. May's pool has 
more open space than in a couple yrs.. Here's hoping for good feeding 
areas for shore birds coming.


Becky noticed the TVs perched on a couple power poles along 5 & 20, 
apparently their roosting spots for the night, & commented that "they 
had no antennas."


Fritzie

Union Springs



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] phoebe

[Linda Orkin]

 I also heard an Eastern Phoebe singing early this morning at Sapsucker
Woods.  Very nice and made me feel spring.

Linda Orkin

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 2:35 PM marsha kardon  wrote:

> Saw a first of the year phoebe on Bundy Road just now.  Also, this morning
> a wren flew out of my wooden newspaper delivery cubby and I found a
> completed nest deep inside.  I removed it since I thought it would be
> hazardous to the eggs (none yet) and parent and baby birds if a newspaper
> were blocking their exit, or was pushed in too far.  Marsha Kardon
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[cayugabirds-l] phoebe

[marsha kardon]

Saw a first of the year phoebe on Bundy Road just now.  Also, this morning
a wren flew out of my wooden newspaper delivery cubby and I found a
completed nest deep inside.  I removed it since I thought it would be
hazardous to the eggs (none yet) and parent and baby birds if a newspaper
were blocking their exit, or was pushed in too far.  Marsha Kardon

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