I observed a group of about 50 Canada geese today at the pond near the West Danby fire station. I didn’t have a scope but with binoculars there appeared to be a group of about 10 goslings amidst the group. Is this possible?
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, November 20, 2023. > > 1. Interpretive walks at the Montezuma Refuge > 2. Refuge walks cont'd. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Interpretive walks at the Montezuma Refuge > From: Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:20:10 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Friends: > Come join me for the very last Refuge walk of the season! Nature in the > Northern Hemisphere is settling in for a long winter's nap. Many strategies > have evolved across the spectrum of organisms for coping with the shorter > days and cooler temperatures - godwits flying eleven days and one hour > nonstop; wood frogs stopping both heart and brain for a spell, to mention a > few. Learn of these and more. Walks are free and all ages welcomed. > We meet in the Refuge Visitor Center sunroom at 11 am on Saturday the 25th. > Walks are free and all ages welcomed. > Pete Sar > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Refuge walks cont'd. > From: Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:54:04 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Hi again folks. > Some are asking how to find the refuge and how long the walks are. > The Refuge entrance is a few miles north of Seneca Falls along rt. 5&20. > The Visitor Center is the first building you'll see ON YOUR LEFT as you > drivev in. > The walk is along the mile long seneca trail and is suppose to last about > an hour and a half....but we often get talking, looking and listening and > sharing and have gone as long as 2.5 hours. People are free to leave as > they must. > Hope this helps. > "Things" are really on the move (visiting dunlin) or really slowing down > (infamous wood frog)....or somewhere in between (newly arriving tundra > swans and snow geese). > Nature's treasure are still there for the taking. So I hope you can join > us. > If not, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! > Sar > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
