Just at sundown today, there were 3 Snow Buntings and 4 Horned Larks on the grassy shoulder of Cayuga View Rd east of Trumansburg. I often see some there. Also, there was a male N.Harrier cruising the cornfield and it came to rest on the corn stubble. Him I don't see often, Or ever. Yesterday, Shirley saw 2 E. Bluebirds in a euonymus bush in front of our house. Later, I saw one bluebird there as it flew in with 3 Juncos for traveling companions. We have 3 tube feeders for Niger seed. The flock empties them in a day. The flock consists of about 40 Goldfinches, 8 C.Redpolls, and a few Pine Siskins. A number of Tree Sparrows, Juncos, and Cardinals hang out beneath the tubes and salvage the spill-over. We saw fewer birds than that in our sector for the Christmas Count. Alas, we are not in the count circle. Didn't see any swans either. Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg
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