----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ccspagnoli <ccspagn...@hotmail.com> To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [OneidaBirds] Montezuma 11/7 - Ross's and greater white-fronted geese Went out to Montezuma this morning. There was a brisk wind early and even the waterfowl were out of sight in the grass, but as it warmed up around midmorning they came out to bathe and feed in the open water. >From East Road looking down into Knox-Marcellus Marsh I at first had a decent >number of Canada and Snow geese. About five minutes after I arrived, a great >tumult and clamor announced the arrival of a huge cloud of Canadas and Snows. >After these settled down I managed to find an adult Ross's goose, but it was >hugging the marsh grasses and soon was out of sight. Went down to Towpath Road hoping to relocate it. After quite a while of searching I spotted my other target bird there, the Greater white-fronted goose, which has been a real nemesis bird for me this season. Soon after that I picked out the Ross's, which had abandoned the grasses and was swimming in the open among the Snows. Its smaller size was obvious, if not as dramatically obvious as when I saw it mucking about in the grasses from East Road, and I also was able to study the different pattern and structure of the bill (stubbier, no grinning patch, gray around the base. I also ran down Van Dyne Spoor Road but did not turn up the shrike reported there yesterday. I'm not on Cayugabirds, but if anyone wants to repost this there (Jay?), they're of course more than welcome to do so. Good birding. Chris Spagnoli Town of Pompey ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: oneidabirds-dig...@yahoogroups.com oneidabirds-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: oneidabirds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
