Nancy, that's exactly right for migrating cormorants. Yesterday we had several small flocks like that over Mt. Pleasant and I had a small flock of 5 over my house in Ithaca. They can look very much like geese, but they will often circle higher and reform their flock, which geese never do.
KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Apr 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com<mailto:nancycusuman...@gmail.com>> wrote: Just saw what I believe were a flock of cormorants, pretty high up, in a flock like geese, maybe 35-40 of them. Heading north. Looks like the silhouette in Sibley, though. My best guess. Nancy Cusumano West side Cayuga lake near Jacksonville Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 455 dogs since 2005. Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org<http://cayugadogrescue.org/> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
