Wonderful motion and sound. Wonderful birds Thanks for posting. Linda Orkin.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 11, 2012, at 10:28 PM, "Don" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, an absolutely amazing wonder of nature! Thank you so much for enduring > the cold and posting it for us!! > > Don Timmons > Newfield > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Meena Haribal > Date: 01/11/12 21:55:59 > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland > > Hi all, > I had an errand to run along the lake, so after the errand (which did not > work out), I decided to head further north in the hopes of seeing Snow Geese. > When I arrived, sun had already set and I hardly saw any snow geese. Only a > few were visible and a few were landing behind the vegetation. I was > disappointed at that and was about head back when I heard the swishing noise, > looked back there was a huge snow geese cloud rising from the muck. They > often settle back soon after one such burst and that is it. But this swarm > kept circling. I watched for 5 minutes as I did not want to miss the show. > Then I grabbed my camera and started shooting video. I was wearing only > T-shirt and it was getting freezing. I thought I might miss this action so > did not bother to waste time get my jacket. Then this went on and on even my > hands started shaking due to cold. So stopped and grabbed my coat. For nearly > half an hour they swirled and circled. They waxed and waned, they came in as > rising and falling tide. When they were heading towards me when I looked up, > there was dizzying effect on me as the waves and waves flew over me. It was > amazing to watch them. With shaking hand and steadying hand I managed to get > some fifteen minutes video. I wish I had mounted the camera on the tripod. > > > > I am not sure what made them circle so long. Were they thinking of heading > south as cold is expected to night? Many birds, especially shore birds do > this kind of flight when they are in hurry to migrate. Or were there any > hunters on the ground that made them take to wing and probably every time a > small group landed they got shot at so they took to flight again. I hope that > was not the case. I hate to think myself as snow goose, especially if I the > cute Ross's Goose (which I saw many at Bosque del Apache) and get > continuously shot at by some nasty human when I am ready to rest and sleep. > > > > Here is a video about a minute at YouTube. As this is a large file, takes > time to load, I suggest wait for it completely download (watch the grey line > reach the end) and then watch instead of in snatches. Hope you too enjoy it. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXc6u0T8u8 > > > > Cheers > > Meena > > > > > > > > > > > > I was glad I was there to watch this scene. > > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/[email protected]/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/ --
