Dawn at Knox-Marsellus was beautiful and cold. The marsh was full of birds but it was too dark to identify much. (An hour later when the first NYSOA trip came through it was almost empty.) An American Bittern flew over the marsh. There were 6 or more Sandhill Cranes.
Knox-Marsellus Marsh at 2:30 pm Snow Goose 190 American Black Duck 6 Double-crested Cormorant 44 Great Blue Heron 12 Great Egret 15 Bald Eagle 1 Sandhill Crane 8 They were fun to watch on the close edge of the marsh; they were leaping! Tree Swallow 24 North May's Point Loop at 3:00 pm Black-capped Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Cedar Waxwing 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 American Goldfinch 4 Leona Lauster Lyons, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
