[nysbirds-l] "Where have all the 'geese' gone......" with thoughts of Pete Seeger, who passed on the 27th, at age 94.
Today, for the 2nd day in a row, I couldn't find a single Canada Goose flock in the Roanoke area farm fields. Merritt's Pond however, as it did yesterday, held a sizeable flock of Canadas, and a small group of Snow Geese. Unlike yesterday (when I had 7) today I only counted 6, although, due to the birds being so close to each other, it was probably still there, just out of sight. Among those seen, were the 2 Blue morphs, 1 adult & 1 juvenile. While checking out the geese as they lifted off the pond, a lone Turkey Vulture passed through my field of view, and for a moment, thought I might treated to a T.V. / Great Black-Backed Gull encounter. The gull was busy feeding on a smaller carcass (?), not noticing the vulture overhead, whom I'm sure noticed what was happening on the ice below. For whatever reason eg., not hungry, not wanting to tangle with a Black-Backed, etc. it just slowly moved on. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Where have all the 'geese' gone...... with thoughts of Pete Seeger, who passed on the 27th, at age 94.
Today, for the 2nd day in a row, I couldn't find a single Canada Goose flock in the Roanoke area farm fields. Merritt's Pond however, as it did yesterday, held a sizeable flock of Canadas, and a small group of Snow Geese. Unlike yesterday (when I had 7) today I only counted 6, although, due to the birds being so close to each other, it was probably still there, just out of sight. Among those seen, were the 2 Blue morphs, 1 adult 1 juvenile. While checking out the geese as they lifted off the pond, a lone Turkey Vulture passed through my field of view, and for a moment, thought I might treated to a T.V. / Great Black-Backed Gull encounter. The gull was busy feeding on a smaller carcass (?), not noticing the vulture overhead, whom I'm sure noticed what was happening on the ice below. For whatever reason eg., not hungry, not wanting to tangle with a Black-Backed, etc. it just slowly moved on. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
