I was just about to come in for lunch when I heard the unmistakable calling of a SANDHILL CRANE. I spotted the bird, almost overhead, flying NW. When it got over the Ithaca reservoir it circled several times then disappeared beyond the treeline, still headed NW. First for the yard for me!
Bob McGuire Whitted Road (off Snyder Hill Rd) -- 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/ --
