At dusk I stopped by Stewart park - the churning lakeshore was pretty bird less, but then I noticed the western sky filled with SNOW GEESE pouring in from the south. The skeins were flying north but drifting east over the lake, flying very strongly into the stiff wind. I'm sure I missed the beginning of this return flight, but I counted 5,300 birds. They seemed to be dropping onto the lake somewhere up near myer's.
So it seems not all (any?) of the snows left the cayuga lake basin today. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, "Bill Mcaneny" <bmcane...@fltg.net> wrote: > Interesting to hear that they were still streaming at 2:30. I was digging > out my driveway at about 12:15 when I heard the Snows and saw them heading > south. I wondered whether they were going to the corn fields because the > Canadas fly in the same direction in the morning and back to the lake later > in the day. When the good folks south of us started to report the flights, > it was obvious the destination was not the corn fields, at least, not the > local ones. I think the early reports started coming in about 12:30, just a > few minutes after my first sightings. The timing and direction were perfect > for an escape to the south. I think Geo's count was accurate. While I > watched for just a few minutes, I saw perhaps 1000 to 2000 birds. I wonder > what Geo's final tally was. Too bad the birds couldn't have waited until > the census day next week. > > Bill McAneny, Tburg > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-72547128-7495...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-72547128-7495...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:38 PM > To: Stephanie Greenwood > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] HUGE Snow Geese movement > > Still streaming out the south gates of the Cayuga Basin at 2:30! > > -Geo > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
