The Hammond Hill site appears to be about 4.5 miles ESE of the west peak of Mount Pleasant. Some birds may have been visible from both sites, but at least when I was on Mount Pleasant the geese were headed pretty much north, not tracking from Hammond Hill toward Mount Pleasant, nor aiming from
It's interesting to think that our coverage was so good in the Ithaca area that
multiple groups were encountering the same birds. At Mount Pleasant, we had 2
NORTHERN PINTAIL in a large Canada flock shortly after 1 PM, and these were
likely the same birds that passed over Hammond at 12:50.
