Susie & I saw a flock of at least 20 SNOW BUNTINGS around noon along Carncross Rd, Montezuma. She heard them close by, but it took a while to actually see them walking on the snow among the corn stubble.
S. & S. Fast Brooktondale _____ From: bounce-76451343-9286...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-76451343-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schulenberg Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:40 PM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] late flock of Snow Buntings in northeast Ithaca This morning I had a surprisingly large number (for late March) of Snow Buntings: a flock of ca 28, feeding with ca 55 Horned Larks in fields west of Bluegrass Lane. These birds were in the bare field west of the grass stubble. Some of these birds still retain much buff in the plumage, but others looked like adult females coming into breeding plumage, with black streaked backs, much black visible on the wings, and gray or black speckling on the nape and sides of the face. I also had a Merlin hunting around the Equine Research Park complex, a flyover Great Blue Heron, and a Wilson's Snipe, all between Freese Road and Bluegrass Lane. tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> The Mail Archive <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> Surfbirds <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
