Date: 3/25/21 10:32 pm From: Bird observations from western New York <geneseebirds-l...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Still 2 Purple Sands...
3-19-21, Buffalo - 1 Merlin - singing in traditional nesting area.
3-21-21 - Gyp Pond (Oakfield) - 22 Blue Geese ~25-30 Cackler Kumf - 7 Sandhill 1+ Shoveler 11 Blue 10 Snow 1 Ross's x Snow - apparently. Didn't study carefully. Maybe same one Joel had to the NNW on 3-23 on Johnson Creek Rd. ~120 Swan Cayuga - 1 Yellowlegs - Greater(?) 20+ GW Teal Owen Bartel - Lots of Peepers &...
3-22-21, Tifft 1 Fox Sparrow - at S. Blind - probably not John's overwinterer.
3-25-21 - 2 Purple - again very close & long views - closest ~15' eating Zebra Mussels. Each called 2x+. Hopefully they'll remember how good musseling is here next year. Just the slightest touch of color remains on some feather edges of at least one.
