Shirley and I just got back from a trip up the west side of the lake. We talked about the improbability of seeing a GREAT BLUE HERON since we couldn't remember any having been reported yet. On the way south, we stopped at Wolffy's for coffee and homemade carrot cake, Very good! And we got a scoop of vanilla with it. About 100 yds south of Wolffy's, there it was---a GBH standing in a little pool surrounded by rushes.
We had expected to see thousands of snow geese, but only saw two modest rafts, a modest sized flyover, and a modest flock in a cornfield. There was a scattering of ducks at the north end with a dozen different species. The best bird, however, after the GBH was a N. HARRIER near the visitor center at Montezuma. It drifted very slowly over the pavement right in front of us. A beautiful day for birding. Bill and Shirley McAneny TBurg -- 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/ --
