My understanding is that the lake completely froze over was 1912. If someone has a different date, that would be great! Ann
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 9, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk <l...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > As of noon today, Cayuga was pretty much frozen from Chris's hill north. > Chris's hill is the big rise north of Levanna, if one doesn't know local > names. South of that, the lake was a combination of frozen patches and open > patches. This is the most ice I've seen since 1994, and then it didn't last, > since 1994 was windy, though it was also cold. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:29 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over > > The full answer about the reluctance of Cayuga and especially Seneca to > completely freeze over is a bit complicated, but a primer on the physical > limnology can be read here: > > http://www.gflrpc.org/Publications/SenecaLakeWMP/chap6a.pdf > > -Geo Kloppel > >> On Feb 9, 2014, at 7:20 AM, "Liisa S. Mobley" <ls...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> There's been a bit of discussion about the Finger Lakes freezing over, as >> well as the Great Lakes, on the Cayuga Birds list in recent weeks. I came >> across this article from one of the channel 9 (Syracuse) weathermen, which >> indicates that the Great Lakes, as of last Friday, had more than 79% of >> their surface area frozen. >>> Great Lakes Freezing Over: Dave Eichorn's Blog http://bit.ly/1gcubdX >> >> Where do all the birds go? Lake Ontario is only about half frozen, so maybe >> they go there. >> >> You'll notice in the photo that Cayuga and Seneca are not frozen. Not >> sure why they don't freeze over, too. And, no, they are not deeper >> than the Great Lakes, except for Erie. (This is kind of bugging me, >> so let me know if you have a good answer!) -Liisa >> >> Liisa Mobley >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> -- >> >> 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --