Loons, ducks, grebe, etc. all wonderful!
But about that crow: I suspect from your description that it has crow
droppings smeared down its primaries, acquired as it perched directly below
another crow in a communal roost. I get reports during the winter of "tagged"
crows, always seen with white tags. When there are pictures, it is always a
smear of feces.
Kids, don't walk under a roost at home.
On Nov 13, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Donna Scott wrote:
> Approximately 150 COMMON LOONS up & down, offshore, in Cayuga Lake off
> Lansing Station Rd in Lansing, many nearer west shore. Accompanied by several
> gulls trying to steal food.
>
> Also 10 BLACK DUCKS, 5 MALLARDS & 1 HORNED GREBE that was close to my beach
> for a good look.
>
> At least 1 FOX SPARROW still in front yard under spruce tree along with 8
> Juncos, 4 BLUE JAYS & 4 A. CROWS.
> One Crow had white areas on rear part of folded wings, rather as if its
> feathers had been scraped down to structures underneath the black parts.
>
> Donna
>
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