I counted 347 loons in southward migration over Danby from 6:52-9:06 (Comfort Rd. migration watch site adjacent to the Finger Lakes Trail crossing, 1/4 mile south of Lieb Rd).
Meade Period 1-9 totals: 11,22,60,12,22,52,66,49,32. Most of the flight was to the east of the watch. >90% were less than 600 feet above my ground level and the early flight was seemingly at eye level coursing over the Michigan Hollow Valley. Bill From: Bill Evans Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 9:50 AM To: Cayuga Birds Subject: Loon migration alert - Sat morning Thanks to all who posted loon migration reports last week. While I realize my credibility has taken a hit as a big flight prognosticator, all signs look good for a HEFTY loon flight tomorrow morning (Saturday 21Nov). If you’d like to report numbers using the old protocol developed by Bob Meade, tally totals for 15-minute periods with period 1 the 15 minutes before sunrise, period 2 the first 15 minutes after sunrise, and so forth. The peak loon flight typically comes off Cayuga & Seneca Lakes in periods 1-3 and the Lake Ontario peak passes over the Ithaca/Watkins Glen area and a broad swath of the Southern Tier during periods 5-9. Based on past reports, it seems loon migration largely finishes crossing the region by the end of period 10. Sunrise tomorrow in Ithaca is 7:06, so the Meade periods Saturday are: Period 1 – 6:52-7:06 Period 2 – 7:07-7:21 Period 3 – 7:22-7:36 Period 4 – 7:37-7:51 Period 5 – 7:52-8:06 Period 6 – 8:07-8:21 Period 7 – 8:22-8:36 Period 8 – 8:37-8:51 Period 9 – 8:52-9:06 Period 10 – 9:07-9:21 Urbi et Orbi! Bill Evans Town of Danby -- 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/ --
