Staking out the roost flight found lots of waterfowl moving around but the big Snow Geese numbers may have reached Cayuga Lake. Two Short-eared Owls appeared at dusk and I counted 82 Sandhill Cranes. There's an odd Canada Goose that's not like any I've seen before.
- noticeably paler body, back, and wings (golden rather than dark brown) but with normal Canada Goose patterning (direct comparison) - obvious, wide, complete white neck ring - size like other Canada Geese, or at least not Cackling-sized - very small bill given its size - unusually wide white chin strap The noticeably paler color is probably the best scan feature. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ -- 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/ --
