A few lunch-time observers at the Cornell Lab today saw hundreds of Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles migrating past, but the big deal was the number of geese going over. For the almost hour I was out there on "Mt Sapsucker," the hill by the parking lots, one of our enthusiasts counted 22,600 Canada Geese, a few hundred Snow Geese, and 22 Cackling Geese. Before we came out, my son, Jay, had a small group of greater White-fronted Geese, and at least one Ross's Goose.
Few raptors, though. We were all hoping for Golden Eagles, but had to make do with a few Red-tailed Hawks, and singles of Red-shouldered Hawk and Northern Harrier. Essentially every minute of my hour, we had skeins of Canada Geese in view. It was almost exhausting trying to look at every flock. During the brief moments when we didn't have geese overhead, if you looked with your binoculars into the distance, you could always find dozens of distant flocks. An impressive migration day. Too bad I had to spend most of it inside behind a computer! Kevin ________________________________ From: bounce-123424683-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-123424683-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:12 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] RWBB /other spring signs FOY Red Winged Blackbird on Algerine Rd, Lansing. Male on top of lone tree near frozen pond. 26 Wild Turkeys on Davis Rd up the hill southeast of Algerine. None displaying. A few days ago neighbor at 581 Lansing Station Rd reported 2 mature Bald Eagles exhibiting courting behavior over lake & in tree in their yard. "Two eagles "in love" they called it. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
