Tweeters, as you are scanning all tose thousands of Sandhills, be sure
to be on the lookout for the Demoiselle Crane in their midst! With
luck, he/she is out there waiting to be found.

Matt Williams
Davis, CA

Stuart MacKay wrote:

> If you want to see something truly incredible this weekend, head out
> to Corfu Road to see the sandhill cranes. At sunset yesterday the corn
> field to the east of the road was full of thousands of sandhill cranes
> (a guess of 5,000) and many more canada geese (an even wilder guess of
> 10-15,000) with loads of ducks as well. At the sun was setting the
> cranes would fly off in large groups calling constantly. The sky was
> full of birds in all directions and the noise of wings and calls was
> almost deafening. WOW.
>
> Other interesting stuff seen along Gillis Road; 1 male eurasian
> wigeon, 4 long-billed curlews.
> At Royal Lake there were 7000+ canada geese but these probably were
> also seen later feeding in the corn field at Corfu.
>
>
> Stuart
> --
> Stuart MacKay, Seattle, WA
> stuart at blarg.net
> .