Jaw dropping, emotionally stirring video, Meena! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Meena Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hi all, > I had an errand to run along the lake, so after the errand (which did not > work out), I decided to head further north in the hopes of seeing Snow > Geese. When I arrived, sun had already set and I hardly saw any snow geese. > Only a few were visible and a few were landing behind the vegetation. I > was disappointed at that and was about head back when I heard the > swishing noise, looked back there was a huge snow geese cloud rising from > the muck. They often settle back soon after one such burst and that is > it. But this swarm kept circling. I watched for 5 minutes as I did not > want to miss the show. Then I grabbed my camera and started shooting video. > I was wearing only T-shirt and it was getting freezing. I thought I might > miss this action so did not bother to waste time get my jacket. Then this > went on and on even my hands started shaking due to cold. So stopped and > grabbed my coat. For nearly half an hour they swirled and circled. They > waxed and waned, they came in as rising and falling tide. When they > were heading towards me when I looked up, there was dizzying effect on me > as the waves and waves flew over me. It was amazing to watch them. With > shaking hand and steadying hand I managed to get some fifteen minutesvideo. I > wish I had mounted the camera on the tripod. > > > > I am not sure what made them circle so long. Were they thinking of > heading south as cold is expected to night? Many birds, especially shore > birds do this kind of flight when they are in hurry to migrate. Or were > there any hunters on the ground that made them take to wing and > probably every time a small group landed they got shot at so they took to > flight again. I hope that was not the case. I hate to think myself as snow > goose, especially if I the cute Ross's Goose (which I saw many at Bosque > del Apache) and get continuously shot at by some nasty human when I am > ready to rest and sleep. > > > > Here is a video about a minute at YouTube. As this is a large file, > takes time to load, I suggest wait for it completely download (watch the > grey line reach the end) and then watch instead of in snatches. Hope you > too enjoy it. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXc6u0T8u8 > > > > Cheers > > Meena > > > > > > > > > > > > I was glad I was there to watch this scene. > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
