Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
Benjamin On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it > makes sense. > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent <jwk...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields >> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in >> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also >> lots of Snow Geese there. >> >> John Kent >> Selkirk, NY >> >> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> All, >> >> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and >> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning >> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen >> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5 >> radar images that I grabbed which show this. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610 >> >> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? >> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably >> starlings??? They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long >> gone. Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before. Any thoughts >> on this please share. >> >> Merry Christmas to all!!!! >> >> David Nicosia >> -- >> *NYSbirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> >> *Please submit your observations to **eBird* >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* >> -- >> >> > -- > *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/>!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
