Pair of SANDHILL CRANES continuing in the field ( ~ 100 yards off the road) south of the intersection of Route 90 and E. Venice Rd., east of Rt 34 and Rt 90 junction. - Jason Huck
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2014, at 5:30 PM, Eben McLane <etmcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The description of where you saw these cranes is consistent with sightings > over the years. If these birds are returning to an old, familiar nesting > site, I may be able to pinpoint the location for all who are interested and > don’t want to drive all the way up to the Montezuma complex to see these > beautiful birds: E. Venice Rd., the next road east of the Genoa cemetery and > Stewarts Corners Rd., intersects Rte 90, with a large cornfield on the south > side of 90. In the past, the adults and their young have stayed mostly in the > SW corner of the field, away from any traffic on 90. I’m not familiar with > the crop rotation scheme on this field, but when it’s planted for corn there > usually aren’t cranes around, as far as I can tell. Not sure why. > Eben McLane > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Charles Randolph <randolph.ros...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > About 2:45 today, two SANDHILL CRANES walking through the large corn field to > the south of Rte. 90 between Genoa and Locke, more specifically shortly west > of the farm with mailbox marked no. 10630, between Rte. 34 and the curve on > Rte. 90. The two birds walked along the edge of the field and down out of > sight behind a rise with brush on it. (Credit here goes to my visiting > brother Don, who first spotted them and is familiar with these birds, which I > am not.) > > Randy Ross, Cortland > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
