Kathy Strickland & I saw 4 SANDHILL CRANES at Morgan Rd. last evening & one SHORT-EARRED OWL near the river on Carncross Rd.. Saw many ducks, esp. in the May's Pool inlet "canal" along Rte 89. Pintails abound! Still LOTS of snow geese in the air.
I drove across the new bridge onto Howlands Island but really recommend that others not try to go until the mud dries UNLESS you have 4WD. I have a Subaru but even so, the rutted, bumpy mud really grabbed the tires & there's no place to turn around until you get to the end of the road. In the afternoon John & I went to the Sherwood Rd. farm pond east of Rte. 34 to look for snows & blues but found only ice. On over on Owasco Lake we found 1 to 2,000 snows & blues. Bill Hecht said many snows are still on the Cayuga lake out from Cayuga Lake St. Park. He also reported 2 eagles in the trees near his house south of Cayuga, south of the RR tracks on 90. Kathy & I saw one in the tree near the new nest at Mud Lock. Time to watch for the 1st ospreys! Saw our 1st FLICKER here Sat.. Fritzie/Union Springs -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
