A group of about 75 snow geese just flew over the Arts Quad heading south.
Michael
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On an otherwise unbirdy morning, three RAVENS flew over our field on their
way from Taughannock gorge to Frontenac gorge. Within minutes we were
notified that a courageous friend had passed on in the early hours of the
morning. This is going to be an exceptional day. Carpe diem.
Bill
Not sure how long the goose flock will stay, but right now there is a Cackling
Goose in with the other Canada Geese on the main pond in Sapsucker Woods,
viewable from the Cornell Lab's Visitor Center.
Anne Marie Johnson
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I saw my first-of-the-season ICELAND GULL, a pale immature, either a first-
or second-winter, on the compost piles at Stevenson Road. I did not see my
hybrid black-backed (though it was there yesterday), and no other gulls of
note. Myers Point was quite deserted this morning.
Iceland photos:
I just spotted a listing for an upcoming 2014 doco called “From Billions to
None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction” on PBS.
One listing is for WCNY HDTV Dec 9 at 2pm. Look up your local listing for your
favorite PBS station.
I have not seen this yet, so am informing not recommending.
Staking out the roost flight found lots of waterfowl moving around but the big
Snow Geese numbers may have reached Cayuga Lake. Two Short-eared Owls appeared
at dusk and I counted 82 Sandhill Cranes. There's an odd Canada Goose that's
not like any I've seen before.
- noticeably paler
