Erich: Could the footprints you took photos of be turkey tracks? They look like that to me and since cattle egret are quite uncommon on Long Island this time of year while turkey are very common I suspect that is what you found.
John Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: Erich Glanz Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 7:02 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Footprints in the Field To: "[email protected]" > On a Veterans' Day visit to Calverton National Cemetery today, > we observed footprints of probable cattle egrets on the soil > covering several recent interments. They were next to deer > footprints. See below. > > Barbara and Erich Glanz > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
