Ran into a few confused people looking for egrets at MNWR this morning. To hopefully clear that we found the 8 egrets with a few horse buddies at the farm on East Tyre Road. Coming from the south on 89 beyond 5/20 look for E.Tyre which branches off left in a NNW direction just before the large Goose Haven decoy. A short way down E. Tyre you will find the farm on your right and the egrets following the horses around the field beyond the house and paddocks. Coming from the North, take a right on Lay Rd (this is a road to Esker Brook(trails closed due hunting)) and then a left on East Tyre. Part of the confusion is a place on E.Tyre with a sign reading Goose Haven as does the sign on 89.
We also saw a number of Sandhill Cranes at Knox-Marcellus and counted 46 at a distance without a scope. They were closer to Mud Lock Rd than to the parking area. The main pool is loaded with waterfowl with Redhead, Coot and Baldpate (Am. Wigeon) predominating. Large numbers of Ruddy Ducks and lesser numbers of Mallard, Gadwall, N. Shoveler, a single Canvasback, Ring-necked, scaup spp, Common Merganser and PB Grebe are also in residence. The new superhighway through the refuge is newly graveled and rough with the north end of the drive almost devoid of waterfowl although we did see two G. Yellowlegs. John and Sue -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- 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/ --
