RE:[cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

2021-03-14 Thread Deb Grantham
A flock of several hundred snow geese flew overhead from south heading north and then probably set down in an ag field north of me. They swirled and swirled as they descended. Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line, not far north of Rt. 79. I think the field is too interior to see them on

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

2021-03-14 Thread Poppy Singer
I meant the freese rd ones On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 2:45 PM Susan Stevens Suarez wrote: > There are now about 400 snow geese on the ground in a cornfield on the > west side of Freese Rd just south of Hanshaw Rd. > Susan Suarez > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

2021-03-14 Thread Poppy Singer
Thank you. I rushed over in time to see them on the ground and then fly away all together. Beautiful. On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 2:56 PM Suzanne A. Horning wrote: > There are at least 1000 in the corn field behind Finger Lakes Dermatology > off 13 heading into Village of Dryden. > > Suzanne

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

2021-03-14 Thread Suzanne A. Horning
There are at least 1000 in the corn field behind Finger Lakes Dermatology off 13 heading into Village of Dryden. Suzanne Horning The Cornell Tradition The Cornell Commitment 300 Kennedy Hall 607-255-8595 From: bounce-125459662-75231...@list.cornell.edu on

[cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

2021-03-14 Thread Susan Stevens Suarez
There are now about 400 snow geese on the ground in a cornfield on the west side of Freese Rd just south of Hanshaw Rd. Susan Suarez -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow in Brooktondale

2021-03-14 Thread Sandy Podulka
My daughter spotted our first Fox Sparrow of the year under our feeders in Brooktondale today. Love their bright colors! Sandy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Ducks off Stewart Park, including Eurasian Wigeon

2021-03-14 Thread Paul Anderson
There's a very nice selection of ducks visible from Stewart Park this morning, and viewing is good if you can bear the stiff north wind. The list includes the Eurasian Wigeon, and also American Wigeon, Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser,

[cayugabirds-l] Sibley blog

2021-03-14 Thread Peter Saracino
Found while searching for other things. Blog - Sibley Guides https://www.sibleyguides.com/blog/ Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls polls and a science question

2021-03-14 Thread anneb . clark
This winter my first- ever redpoll flock has been eating niger almost faster than I can stock it. They do NOT like the fancy finch mix, their bill flips have informed me. So I have been looking at the wild differences in cap and breast and belly colors. The caps are a distinctly more classic

[cayugabirds-l] Lots 'O Redpolls

2021-03-14 Thread Laura Stenzler
This morning at our feeders, in our flowerbeds, on our lawn is a flock of perhaps 100 Redpolls! It's amazing! It's hard to get an accurate count because they move around so much, and is probably conservative. AND, today is my Project Feederwatch count day! Hunt Hill Road, Dryden, east of