I too spent couple of hours from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm. in yard, really clearing snow, but I enjoyed it. Initial first half hour nothing happened except for the crow in my yard making all possible noise. Then soon I started hearing snow geese. At that point cloud cover was low so I did not see them. Occasionally, I could see a ghostly flock passing by in the cloud. Then the wind from northeast blew up the snow cloud. Then I watched hundreds of geese migrating. Some of them did seem reluctant to leave the basin, headed westward. But eventually joined their cousins who had decided they had enough of basin. Even after I have come inside I see some flocks passing by from my kitchen and living room window. There were a few flocks of Canada Geese mixed in.
While shoveling, I also heard Redpolls, they seemed to be somewhere nearby feeding on trees, but could not see any. I do not have any feeders in my neighborhood. so they must be feeding on some seeds. There is one right now, which I see from computer chair as I am typing, but is trying to head towards lake. Great to be home to see snow geese from inside the house! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-72547058-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-72547058-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of nutter.d...@me.com [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] And MORE as I typed previous message!!!! I went outside at noon and noticed a couple hundred Snow Geese flying north over Ithaca's West End from my yard, then a couple hundred again a few minutes later. I'm not sure if they are circling around or different birds. There are some Canada Geese in the air, too, and a bit aimless. They are similarly not high enough to be migrating but not decisively stopping either. I wonder if hunting has started on the lake. Grazing and grubbing are a rough go today. --Dave Nutter On Dec 27, 2012, at 01:06 PM, Asher Hockett <veery...@gmail.com> wrote: And MORE over Ithaca. From the top of the MH building on Green St, skein after skein, some quite low and others almost too high to see. Thousands and thousands. Some even flying north. On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> wrote: Just passed over my house (West Danby). I guesstimated 8,000 - 10,000, more still coming. -Geo Kloppel On Dec 27, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Stephanie Greenwood <stpegreenw...@gmail.com<mailto:stpegreenw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I've never ever seen so many. > > -- > Stephanie Greenwood > Ecovillage at Ithaca > 221 Rachel Carson Way > Ithaca, NY 14850 > 607 280 1050 > > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ -- -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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/>! -- -- 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/>! -- -- 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/ --
