The description of where you saw these cranes is consistent with sightings over the years. If these birds are returning to an old, familiar nesting site, I may be able to pinpoint the location for all who are interested and don’t want to drive all the way up to the Montezuma complex to see these beautiful birds: E. Venice Rd., the next road east of the Genoa cemetery and Stewarts Corners Rd., intersects Rte 90, with a large cornfield on the south side of 90. In the past, the adults and their young have stayed mostly in the SW corner of the field, away from any traffic on 90. I’m not familiar with the crop rotation scheme on this field, but when it’s planted for corn there usually aren’t cranes around, as far as I can tell. Not sure why. Eben McLane
On Mar 29, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Charles Randolph <[email protected]> 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/[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/ --
