I neglected to mention some of the other birds yesterday in post. There was a juvenile SANDHILL CRANE, which seemed to be alone in a grassy patch that ventured into the marshy area. Every step it took it tested for the firmness of the ground and hesitated for a second before continuing. After few steps flew away to water's edge and drank deeply several gulps of water, where its parents joined who were feeding somewhere else. One of the parents loosened something in the water and let the young feed on it. Then the parent picked up a feather and tested it and threw it back into the water again, when the a gull picked it up and played with it for few seconds. Then they (Sandhill cranes) all in a file walked along the edge of the water. I don't know what they did afterwards as it started to pour at that time.
Then there was a Raven who was croaking from the Tow Path woods. Other birds of interest were an EASTERN KINGBIRD, male and female NORTHERN HARRIERS and OSPREYS and a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER heard only. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ -- 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/ --