Date: 4/27/25 11:09 am From: Eveline V. Ferretti <ef15...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese in Ringwood Rd. (Rt 13 side) area?
Hello friends,
Are snow geese still in the area? (I haven't made it up to Montezuma NWR yet). I ask because my husband, my neighbor, and now I have seen a couple of what we believe are snow geese visiting on the field across our house (just off of Ringwood Rd in Freeville, NY), in our pond (same location) and the farm pond that is just down the road from us. In fact, one is still sitting on the edge of our small pond, having spent some time dabbling, then after hopping onto the bank, grooming itself, and now seemingly resting/asleep in the cool but sunny spring air as I type.
It's a dark adult; I'll venture to call it a Lesser Snow Goose, due to its rather loudly pink (veering towards bright sockeye salmon colored) bill base.
Might anyone else in living in this area have seen these visitors as well? I've lived out here for decades now, and this would be the first.
Eveline (Ferretti)
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