RE: [nysbirds-l] Fresh loon carcass Tobay Beach, Suffolk County, possible Arctic

2009-11-14 Thread Kevin McGowan
lat like a Pacific/Arctic. I've never seen a Pacific/Arctic Loon in this plumage, but it doesn't seem to be arranging itself with a very distinct dark/white line down the neck. All loon species have vent straps. Kevin Kevin McGowan Ithaca, NY >apologize for submitting this

Re: [nysbirds-l] querie crow roosts

2009-12-18 Thread Kevin McGowan
The distance crows will fly to a roost depends on a number of things: topography of the landscape, land cover makeup, type and size of roost (large and central or small and local), time of year, and who the roost members are (local or migrants). For a given roost location, each year may be di