This is, I believe, near East Venice Rd. where it intersects Rt. 90. There has been a pair of cranes nesting there for quite a few years. The nest used to be in a small wetland behind a farmhouse just to the SW of the south end of E. Venice Rd (across Rt. 90). A group from the Crane Foundation in Wisconsin banded a chick there a couple years ago. This sighting is good news, as I saw no activity at this wetland last year (or so far this year either). The field to the east of the wetland used to be alfalfa from which the cranes got lots of bugs. The field was sold 2 years ago, the alfalfa plowed up, and corn planted. I had assumed the cranes had moved on, but apparently not. Thanks for the news, and keep watching.
Steve Fast Brooktondale (a ways away) On Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:03 PM, Charles Randolph <randolph.ros...@gmail.com> wrote: About 2:45 today, two SANDHILL CRANES walking through the large corn field to the south of Rte. 90 between Genoa and Locke, more specifically shortly west of the farm with mailbox marked no. 10630, between Rte. 34 and the curve on Rte. 90. The two birds walked along the edge of the field and down out of sight behind a rise with brush on it. (Credit here goes to my visiting brother Don, who first spotted them and is familiar with these birds, which I am not.) Randy Ross, Cortland -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
