Sorry for the late post, but around noon on Sat 1/2/16, as I returned to Ithaca
from Auburn on Rt 34 I came across a field full of thousands, and I guessed
probably 10’s of thousands of snow geese between Scipio Center and Genoa.
Initially the flock was on both sides of the road, but part of
Hi all,
Here are a few more Count Week birds that I have seen reported but not
mentioned here, including several at Stewart Park just a minute ago,
including a male NORTHERN SHOVELER just off the east end, a BONAPARTE'S
GULL flying around out over the lake, and a pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL with
the
Pardon the multiple posts, but here’s a panoramic shot of what the west side of
34 looked like when I arrived on the scene.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q3lhxq7sop6jdvz/IMG_2572.JPG?dl=0
(zoom in to 100% to see the geese, and don’t be alarmed by the
strange-looking 3-wheeled vehicle
Hi.
To add credence to this post, I, along with my pal Kyle Gage, took part
in the Eaton Birding Society's CBC count this past Saturday (the 2nd).
Between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. we were positioned south of Geneva a few
miles east of Seneca lake.
We had counted large flocks of snow geese all day -
Well, just in the nick of time for CBC Count Week, I saw a flock of around 20
Snow Buntings just west of the observatory on Mt Pleasant Rd (south side of the
road) as I drove by there around 3:55 pm today. Lots of white on the wings was
distinctive.
Earlier there was a large flock of Horned
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