Re: Crossbills, and Middle Creek PA

Don Henise (deheni@ark.ship.edu)
Mon, 09 Mar 1998 14:31:10 -0500


Stephen G Sanford wrote:
> 
> Pennsylvania:
> 
> Eagle flying over put the Snow Geese into that wonderful mass take-off
> that is always so spectacular.  

Robyn and I were out at Willow Point when the Eagle went through or at
least one time when he passed over. I'm sure that he did repeat
performances throughout the day. We were there in the early afternoon.

Canada Goose) in with the Snows. One of them was right off the point and
even climbed out of the water right in front of us feeding with a group
of snows. The other was in the water over close to the island. 

We didn't find any Ross' while we were at Willow Point, but while
walking back to the car a large group of snows flew up to the field on
top of the hill near the main road just north of the lake. We found 3
Ross' Geese in that flock. One of them sat posed in an open spot away
from the masses for 20 minutes or more.

Best,

Don

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