As I was walking home at 7:52pm (well after sunset) from Allan Treman on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail next to Taughannock Boulevard past Cass Park I saw the Snow Goose, still on the lawn between the trail and Cayuga Inlet. It has worked its way farther north, opposite Union Fields, and at mid-day I had seen it next to a local pair of Canada Geese in that area, but the Canadas were gone by dusk. This evening I stopped a hundred yards away to look at the Snow Goose. The bird is alert and certainly knows the difference between a runner or walker who goes past without stopping and doesn’t care at all about a goose therefore is safe to ignore, and a person staring at it even from a distance. The goose immediately walked over to the edge of the lawn at the top of the embankment. So, it knows that people can be threatening and that the water is a safer place, which is appropriate. But I crossed the street and walked along the opposite shoulder to give it extra room, then returned later to the trail and glanced back. The goose stayed up on the lawn. I think going down & up the embankment must be extra effort for it, worth staying on land overnight.
By the way, I think it’s normal for a grazing goose to rest occasionally during the day by sitting down to digest awhile. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 30, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > As of 9:07am the Snow Goose is still/again grazing on the lawn between the > Cayuga Waterfront Trail and Cayuga Inlet next to the Children’s Garden and > Taughannock Boulevard (NYS-89). I did not get close, but through binoculars > it looked normal. Runners and walkers pass it without either being bothered. > > I should add that my explanation of summer Snow Geese around being disabled > veterans is an educated guess. If this bird has difficulty flying, it may > also be limited where it can climb from the water to & from the lawn, and it > may be reluctant to go up & down the embankment unnecessarily. > > - - Dave Nutter > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:34 PM, Elaina M. McCartney >> <elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> I can walk over in the morning and see if it's still there. >> >> Elaina >> >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 18:20, marsha kardon <mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I'm wondering whether the bird should be brought to a wildlife >>> rehabilitator or ???? Perhaps it has avian influenza? Or an injury that >>> isn't visible when it's standing or walking? Marsha Kardon >>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 4:51 PM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> I too, saw this bird roughly an hour ago in the exact same location, this >>>> time just sitting. >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM marsha kardon <mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I just got back from Cass Park and saw the lone snow goose about 10 >>>>> minutes ago (and 1 3/4 hours ago in a similar location) in the grass on >>>>> the inlet side not far past the Childrens' Garden. I agree that it looks >>>>> healthy and is walking in the grass nibbling, but it seems odd to see it >>>>> there alone. Marsha Kardon >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:16 AM Elaina M. McCartney >>>>>> <elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: >>>>>> There was a lone Snow Goose strolling along the daffodil part of the >>>>>> Waterfront Trail just south of Cass Park Rink this morning. It seemed >>>>>> healthy although I didn't see it fly. I circled back around after a tour >>>>>> of three occupied Osprey nests and it was gone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Elaina >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> 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/ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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: >> 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/ --
