We had a flock of about 150 snow buntings yesterday on Billsboro Road south of Geneva. Also 6 snow buntings, 8 horned larks and 1 Lapland longspur on Reed Road a little further south.
****************************************** Randi Minetor Author and freelance writer 585-737-3449 mobile writerra...@gmail.com Journalist bio: https://muckrack.com/randi-minetor/bio Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/randiminetor > On Feb 4, 2021, at 8:41 PM, Marty Schlabach <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > The day before we got this last snow, I estimated a flock of 600 snow > buntings in the field next to our house. The field was a new seeding to hay > last season and many annual weeds came up with the hay and went to seed, > giving the snow buntings lots to pick from. We’ve been seeing numerous > flocks between Interlaken, Lodi and Hector. Usually some horned larks mixed > in as well. > > Marty > =========================================== > Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu > <mailto:m...@cornell.edu> > 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 > Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 > =========================================== > > > From: bounce-125360711-3494...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-125360711-3494...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Jared Dawson > Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2021 6:48 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings > > I just got in from Seneca County and had several flocks of Horned Larks, 2 of > which also had Snow Buntings. I saw no large flocks of buntings, but was > happy to have excellent scope views of several of them along with the larks > when they settled in the roadway. The mixed flocks were, first, on Thorpe Rd > immediately west of the Finger Lakes airport, and later near dusk on Kings > Corners Rd just north of McCulloch. In one field the larks were leaping up > and snagging seeds from the head of plants, presumably assisted by the height > of the snow cover. > Jared Dawson > Trumansburg > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 1:05 PM John Gregoire <johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com > <mailto:johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Anyone near the SW corner of the CLB may want to check around the > intersection of Newtown and Fitzgerald Rds as we had a large mixed flock of > buntings, larks and tree sparrows there before noon. These fields are > immediately west and NW of our sanctuary on Fitzgerald. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- 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/ --
