Sandhill cranes migrating. I wonder where they are going? They are over NY and
maybe NJ.
I hope they like snow. We are expecting a nor’easter here and of course Boston.
Has Wosey got her vittles in?
I have to get some gas for my snow blower.
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From: Michael
Hi Willie and all,
Wow--what a neat-looking bird!
I can see the logic behind the identification: the combination of dark hood,
white wing wedge, absence of white tips to the inner primaries and secondaries,
and reddish bill and legs suggesting Black-headed Gull; and size, structure,
extra
At about noon, I had two sightings of an adult in Massapequa Preserve, perched
and in flight along the west trail, first opposite Jerusalem Avenue, then a
short distance to the south.
Doug Futuyma
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Marine Nature Study Area, Nassau, New York, US
Mar 11, 2017 10:15 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:A 1st (2) Sandhill Cranes heading west towards
Oceanside Landfill but my have stopped in Oceanside Park, or any of the
school fields between here and there.
1 species
Sandhill Crane 2
I meant to mention one more point: the undersides of the primaries and
secondaries on this bird look very uniformly gray, such that the undersides of
the secondaries look even less pale than in Ring-billed Gull, let alone
Black-headed Gull (which shows strong contrast between different parts of
Hi Willie and all,
Wow--what a neat-looking bird!
I can see the logic behind the identification: the combination of dark hood,
white wing wedge, absence of white tips to the inner primaries and secondaries,
and reddish bill and legs suggesting Black-headed Gull; and size, structure,
extra
I meant to mention one more point: the undersides of the primaries and
secondaries on this bird look very uniformly gray, such that the undersides of
the secondaries look even less pale than in Ring-billed Gull, let alone
Black-headed Gull (which shows strong contrast between different parts of
Marine Nature Study Area, Nassau, New York, US
Mar 11, 2017 10:15 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:A 1st (2) Sandhill Cranes heading west towards
Oceanside Landfill but my have stopped in Oceanside Park, or any of the
school fields between here and there.
1 species
Sandhill Crane 2
Sandhill cranes migrating. I wonder where they are going? They are over NY and
maybe NJ.
I hope they like snow. We are expecting a nor’easter here and of course Boston.
Has Wosey got her vittles in?
I have to get some gas for my snow blower.
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From: Michael
At about noon, I had two sightings of an adult in Massapequa Preserve, perched
and in flight along the west trail, first opposite Jerusalem Avenue, then a
short distance to the south.
Doug Futuyma
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.03099245,-73.42627757
Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon NY
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www.qcbirdclub.org
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