That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese?? We see this with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning to feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields. Interesting stuff nevertheless.
On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren <bmvando...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/ --
