I'd check Knox Marcellus Marsh and the fields around Armitage Rd. and Olmstead Road (Olmstead is a right hand turn off of Armitage as you head west on Armitage). If you strike out there check the fields along Rt. 31 a bit north of Knox Marcellus. Good luck! Pete Sar
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021, 7:56 PM Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if it was the entire 300 but a large number of cranes were on > Knox Marcellus' SW water edge today at 4:15 > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > ------------------------------ > *From:* bounce-126125793-25047...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-126125793-25047...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Nancy Tonachel > Gabriel <n...@cornell.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, December 3, 2021 7:45:03 PM > *To:* Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io <eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io>; > CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Crane note > > Hoping to join the Crane Watchers team tomorrow. Any help to an amateur re > finding them? > Thanks, all! > NancyG > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 3, 2021, at 3:54 PM, Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > A word about my recent post about the cranes on Olmstead Rd. I was going > thru the flock counting them one by one going right to left. I got to my > three hundredth bird with a handful more to count when the entire group > went airborne. It was quite a raucous spectacle.....but left me with an > unfinished count. If I had to estimate I'd say there may have been 10 or 12 > birds left to count that I was unable to count. Also I'm pretty sure the > number was even higher because there were birds down in a slough whose > heads would suddenly poke up unexpectedly amist the corn stubble. > I'm hoping they'll stay around the complex so someone can get an even more > accurate count. > For now, suffice it to say that our numbers grow with each passing season, > and that's a very good thing! > The word must be getting around the Crane nation (smile) > Pete Sar > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
