I saw over 30 S Buntings & 20 H Larks down by the heifer barns & tenant houses towards south end of Holden rd. Tuesday afternoon. At one point I saw the flock of buntings on a pile of old bedding in a farm wagon, well off Brown Hill Rd. Which runs along south side of all the farm buildings. Also 100s of Starlings & a few pigeons.
I know the farm owners & think I might ask permission to walk around close to buildings. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Gary Kohlenberg <jg...@cornell.edu<mailto:jg...@cornell.edu>> wrote: I haven’t found many good areas for field birds this winter in Tompkins Co. Indian Field Rd. road shoulders have been OK, but the road is very busy making viewing difficult. Storm Road / Holden Rd. intersection area, in Lansing, is the best so far. The nearby farm is spreading manure / bedding on the snow parallel to Holden Rd. for about 0.1 mi. The best viewing is from Storm Rd. I was here yesterday and didn’t see much, but the spread was new. Today it is a larger area. There are Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and I’ve saw one Lapland Longspur, before the tractor stirred thing up. I suspect it will get better as the day goes on. Gary -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
