Hi all, I sent this but did not seem to have got posted.
Also, an hour ago, Brad Walker posted seeing a Hoary Redpoll at Cayuga Lock (I am not sure which one is this) , one at north end is called Mud Lock and the one near Mays is called Lock 25. May be someone posted correct location but it is listserve which is slow today. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Meena Haribal Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 10:07 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Wild Snow Geese chase Hi all, Yesterday evening i wanted to try a new (actually an old) lens, so I went out to try on some geese. Myer's point all I could see was a pair of Northern Flickers, that flew away at my approach and nothing much else. At Long Point State park I saw mostly white caps on the water and a few Black ducks and Mallards. >From the bluffs on Long Point State Park road, a few thousand Canada Geese at >the mouth of the creek in the bay, but I did not pick out anything different. >I skipped Aurora boat club as it was very windy and parking lot was full. At Factory St pond in Union Springs no birds. Main pond had a few Redheads, Gadwalls, Buffleheads. I continued planning to go up to Mucklands to look for Snow Geese. But as I approached Connors Road past Levenna, I saw hundreds of Snow Geese heading east. So I decided to turn on Connors road and follow them. They were flying at 40 mph as I followed them in parallel couple of miles, after some distance I changed my direction as the road turned and twisted. I drove many roads such as Rt 326, Large Road, Bluefield Road, Powers road etc and I could see them still heading mostly east and southeast and at some point they disappeared. I never saw them come down to a field. But then when I looked at the fields, most of the fields were barren or had grass and no corn fields. May be the geese also were looking for a suitable field to feed. So probably they continued to Owasco and Skaneateles lake watershed. The distance they travelled from the Cayuga lake to east was more than 6 miles as crow flies. Last spring I had followed them for more than 11 miles west till I could find them no more. It was awesome to watch hundreds of them fly overhead, making me feel dizzy as if I am watching a fast flowing turbulent river like Alaknanda overhead as they continuously grouped and regrouped while honking. On the way back I came via Rafferty road. The grassland was cleared and lots of machinery parked in the field. I don't think any self respecting Short-eared Owl would want to spend the some time here on the way south. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
