On the way to Hoak's "lakeside" restaurant in Athol Springs (near Hamburg NY)in my quest for Jaegers on 11/13/03 about 8 AM approx. 30 snow geese were attempting to cross the Niagara River from Buffalo just south of the peace bridge and were not making much headway. At Hoak's saw one possible jaeger at 50 yds. In 4 1/2 hours saw approx. 100 birds. Four hen and 2 drake Buffleheads landed about 100 yards out and were the only positively ID'd birds. I wore a jacket and winter coat and hat and the wind and cold and water bothered me although I was in the 2nd floor dining room. The foam from the whitecaps blew horizontally. Waves that ricocheted off the breakwall and collided with incoming waves blew water over the top of the restaurant. I watched water bubble up out of the window frames. Channel 2,4 & 7 were present. About 4:30 PM a flock of 9 swans and a flock of 7 swans rose from the Canadian side opposite Grand Island (~ 1/2 mile away) and headed inland. At the time the wind was turning from westerly to northerly.
Jerry Lazarczyk ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:01 AM Subject: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 4, Issue 9 > Send GeneseeBirds-L mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of GeneseeBirds-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Heads Up - Thursday's Weather and the Niagara River > (Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter) > 2. Sinking Ponds (Linda) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:18:15 -0500 > From: "Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Heads Up - Thursday's Weather and the > Niagara River > To: "Geneseebirds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "OntBirds" > <[email protected]>, "NYSBirds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Birders, > > Thursday's forecast for Buffalo is calling for west winds at 30 to 40 mph > with higher gusts. Strong winds often move gulls into the Niagara River. > Very strong winds that align with the axis of Lake Erie, like those > predicted, will push numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls into the river in the > vicinity of the Peace Bridge at Buffalo/Fort Erie. At this time of the > year, other small gulls may accompany them (Little, Franklin's, Kittiwake, > Sabine's, Black-headed, even Ross's). Jaegers and phalaropes are also very > possible. Besides the Peace Bridge area, the area below the falls, above > the falls, and the power plants are likely to have more small and large > gulls than have been seen so far this gull season. > > Hopefully, many will stick around until the weekend when there will likely > be several birders looking. However, the best chance to see one of the > rarer small gulls is likely during the big blow. If you are thinking of > coming tomorrow, you should be aware that the forecast also calls for 1-3 > inches of snow (not enough to stop a Buffalo birder!) which, hopefully, will > be finished by the afternoon. > > Of course, if you find anything of note, please post a message to your > favorite birding list service. > > Good birding! > Willie > -------------- > Willie D'Anna > Betsy Potter > Niagara Falls, N.Y. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:43:10 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linda) > Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Sinking Ponds > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > > This afternoon I had 5 Richardson's Canada Geese. The Geese were > floating with some mallards, and 1 larger Canada Goose. Linda Holmes > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l > > > End of GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 4, Issue 9 > ******************************************** > "lazarcg1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
