Bill Evans made similar observations on Facebook yesterday: 11/23, 8:43am: Huge flotilla of 800+ loons aborted southbound flight due to lake effect snow and are headed back toward Cayuga Lake over 96b valley in Danby.
11/23 10:07am: Follow up: As the dense lake effect band moved south of Danby and split into multiple NW-SE running bands, the mass of loons came back south in a more protracted flight. I counted over 900 southbound loons from ~8:40-9:30 over the rte. 96B valley (over the Danby hamlet). These birds are well into PA by now. -- This coming Friday and Saturday look to have similar north-westerly wind patterns, so could be worth checking out. Watching from the west side of the lake (hog's hole or Taughannock) will probably be more pleasant for the human; if watching from Myers or East Shore, expect the bitter wind to be blowing in your face :-). Suan -- 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/ --
