This evening just about sunset, I heard that recognizable higher pitched, sporadic honking of a snow goose flock flying over.
There were about 150-200 in a messy U shape flying NE, probably looking for a good corn field to roost in overnight. I was on the west side of the city when I noticed them. We definitely don’t see the hundreds of thousands in the fall, as we do during the spring waterfowl migration. On the Atlantic Flyway, I’ve learned during the fall migration they take a more direct route from the tundra breeding grounds, to the east coast and then move south where they’ll winter. In the spring they seem to make more of an in-land route cutting through DE/PA/NY and on around the Great Lakes. I already can’t wait to hear them in March! -- 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/ --
