We had a nice flock of about 350 cranes fly over us on our Friday survey on the Tschache Pool dike. They semed to be coming from Armitage Rd. way. We could hear the high-pitched vocalizations of the colts. Only other place I've heard that is at the Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska. Sar
On Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 10:12 PM <metet...@gmail.com> wrote: > After estimating 450 Tundra Swans and 8 Trumpeters at Armitage we went > to East Road at 4:20. Two very large flocks of Sandhills all got up from > the corn fields to the west at the same time and all flew in to > Knox-Marcellus. As far as I know the minimum of 490 that I counted on 12/8 > is the highest ever counted there. These 2 flocks appeared to be even more > but were right overhead and impossible to put a number on. It was a > phenomenal experience. If anyone is bored and wants to work on numbers and > catch them staging in a field before flying to roost I bet it’s now closer > to 600. Enjoy them before they leave! Mike and Joann Tetlow > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > (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/ > > -- > > -- (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/ --
