[Clearly something happened to by CayugaBirds post last night -- this is what I
had meant to send]
In the past 3 days I've found two OREGON JUNCOS - the very rare western form of
Dark-yed Juno -- near Groton on Booth Rd. on the Cortland CBC on Saturday, and
this morning on Doolittle Rd in the
Last Thursday on my return from enjoying views of a couple of Snowy Owls in Seneca County, I drove NYS-89 along Cayuga Lake, and opposite Ernsberger Road (Seneca County Road 128) a saw a raft of SNOW GEESE, nearly all of the white flavor and a couple thousand strong, not far offshore. I scanned
Very cool. Google Maps' Distance Measurement Tool says 3386.87 km, or 2,104.5
miles. (Or 30,866 football fields; or 16,836 furlongs. Look under the Map Labs
link in the left column).
Kevin
From: bounce-50734-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-50734-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On
On crown of field on West side of Seybolt Rd. straight West from the
intersection of Williamson.
~1/2 mi North of yesterdays sighting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/11424089956/
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Hi all,
After receiving comments from wiser and more cautious birders, I need to revise
my recent post about Juncos -- as indeed I should not have been so quick to
call them both Oregon Juncos. Individual and geographic variation in juncos
across North America is notorious, and the limits of
