[cayugabirds-l] HUGE flock of snow geese - late post

2016-01-04 Thread Ray Zimmerman 
Sorry for the late post, but around noon on Sat 1/2/16, as I returned to Ithaca 
from Auburn on Rt 34 I came across a field full of thousands, and I guessed 
probably 10’s of thousands of snow geese between Scipio Center and Genoa. 
Initially the flock was on both sides of the road, but part of the flock 
flushed and moved to the west side of the road during the 10 min or so I spent 
watching before I had to move on, but I did get some video …

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqvoccmf1371yi3/IMG_2577.MOV?dl=0

(download the video for the best quality)

— Ray


--

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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca count notes & questions

2016-01-04 Thread Jay McGowan 
Hi all,
Here are a few more Count Week birds that I have seen reported but not
mentioned here, including several at Stewart Park just a minute ago,
including a male NORTHERN SHOVELER just off the east end, a BONAPARTE'S
GULL flying around out over the lake, and a pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL with
the Mallard flock along the new ice edge.

Ross's Goose - Kevin McGowan, Ferguson Road, 3 Jan 16

Cackling Goose - Jay McGowan, Niemi Road, 4 Jan 16

Northern Shoveler - Jay McGowan, Stewart Park, 4 Jan 16

Northern Pintail - Jay McGowan, Stewart Park, 4 Jan 16

Bonaparte's Gull - Jay McGowan, Stewart Park, 4 Jan 16

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Chris Wood & Jessie Barry, Portland Point, 3 Jan
16

Pine Siskin - Jay McGowan & Livia Santana, Triphammer Terrace, 2 Jan 16

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

> Note that Tom Schulenberg heard a Fish Crow at his house on Hanshaw Rd,
> but I don't know if that should affect the total.
>
> I neglected to mention that 1,185 Dark-eyed Juncos was a new high count.
>
> About the species discovered by single parties, I'd like to make sure I
> get the names of all initial observers and an accurate description of the
> location, including the town where the birds were first found. I know I
> lack that some of this information. In particular:
>
> Kevin, where did you first find the Long-tailed Ducks?
>
> Who first found the Red-breasted Merganser and where? I first learned of
> it from Jay who was with Livia, but that was around 2pm, and Kevin may have
> found it earlier.
>
> Kevin, where did you find the Red-throated Loon?
>
> Scott Sutcliffe, where did you find the Pied-billed Grebe, and who else
> was with you?
>
> Colleen, was the Short-eared Owl on the west side of Scofield Rd (Lansing)
> or the east side (Groton) or both?
>
> Scott Haber, where was your Merlin observation?
>
> Please let me know if any other info in the list below seems wrong or
> lacking.
>
> Wow, what a bunch of OCD questions! Thanks for putting up with my efforts
> to get consistent data.
>
> --Dave Nutter
>
>
>
> * * * *
>
>
>
> GRESCA 0101 Ken Rosenberg, Bill Howe Stewart Pk, Ithaca
>
> LESSCA 0101 Ken Rosenberg, Bill Howe Stewart Pk, Ithaca
>
> LOTDUC 0101 Kevin McGowan Cayuga L, Lansing?
>
> REBMER 0101 Jay McGowan, Livia Santana East Shore Pk, Ithaca
>
> RETLOO 0101 Kevin McGowan E Cayuga L, ?
>
> PIBGRE 0101 Scott Sutcliffe Treman Marina, Ithaca?
>
> HORGRE 0101 Ken Rosenberg, Bill Howe Stewart Pk, Ithaca
>
> GTUHER 0101 Mark Witmer Ithaca Reservoir, Ithaca
>
> ROLHAW 0101 Joe Wetmore, Karen Edelstein Lansing Ctr Trl,
> Lansing
>
> SHEOWL 0101 Colleen Richards, Kathy Strickland N end Scofield
> Rd, Lansing/Groton
>
> MERLIN 0101 Scott Haber Lansing Village Greenway?, Lansing
>
> NORSHR 0101 Jill Vaughan Triphammer Terr & Hillcrest Rd,
> Lansing
>
> FISCRO 0101 Kevin McGowan; Tom Schulenberg CU compost,
> Stevenson Rd, Dryden; Hanshaw Rd, Ithaca
>
> WINWRE 0101 Ken Rosenberg, Bill Howe Jetty Woods, Ithaca
>
> RUCKIN 0101 Kevin McGowan Portland Pt Rd, Lansing
>
> HERTHR 0101 Connie O'Brien, Annette Finney Leonard Rd & Bald
> Hill Sch Rd, Caroline
>
> YERWAR 0101 Kevin McGowan Portland Pt Rd, Lansing
>
> FIESPA 0101 John Fitzpatrick Cascdilla Cr, Dryden
>
> FOXSPA 0101 Tom Schulenberg Liddell Lab pond, Freese Rd, Dryden
>
>
> COMGRA 0101 Lisa, Bill, & Sandy Podulka Caroline Depot Rd &
> Lackawanna Rd, Caroline
>
>
> --
> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:*
> Welcome and Basics 
> Rules and Information 
> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave
> 
> *Archives:*
> The Mail Archive
> 
> Surfbirds 
> BirdingOnThe.Net 
> *Please submit your observations to eBird
> !*
> --
>



-- 
Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu

--

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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] HUGE flock of snow geese - late post

2016-01-04 Thread Ray Zimmerman 
Pardon the multiple posts, but here’s a panoramic shot of what the west side of 
34 looked like when I arrived on the scene. 

   https://www.dropbox.com/s/q3lhxq7sop6jdvz/IMG_2572.JPG?dl=0

(zoom in to 100% to see the geese, and don’t be alarmed by the 
strange-looking 3-wheeled vehicle on the road ;-)

— Ray


> On Jan 4, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Ray Zimmerman  wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the late post, but around noon on Sat 1/2/16, as I returned to 
> Ithaca from Auburn on Rt 34 I came across a field full of thousands, and I 
> guessed probably 10’s of thousands of snow geese between Scipio Center and 
> Genoa. Initially the flock was on both sides of the road, but part of the 
> flock flushed and moved to the west side of the road during the 10 min or so 
> I spent watching before I had to move on, but I did get some video …
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqvoccmf1371yi3/IMG_2577.MOV?dl=0 
> 
> 
>   (download the video for the best quality)
> 
> — Ray
> 
> --
> Cayugabirds-L List Info:
> Welcome and Basics 
> Rules and Information 
> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave 
> 
> Archives:
> The Mail Archive 
> 
> Surfbirds 
> BirdingOnThe.Net 
> Please submit your observations to 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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] HUGE flock of snow geese - late post

2016-01-04 Thread Peter 
Hi.
To add credence to this post, I, along with my pal Kyle Gage, took part 
in the Eaton Birding Society's CBC count this past Saturday (the 2nd). 
Between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. we were positioned south of Geneva a few 
miles east of Seneca lake.
We had counted large flocks of snow geese all day - ranging in size from 
50 to 600 to 2,000.
However, and to our utter amazement, around 3:45 p.m. as we stood in a 
field a few miles south of Geneva, NY and a few miles off the east side 
of Seneca lake we saw - flying from northeasterly to southwesterly 
direction - a literal "invasion" of snow geese!!
The "hoards" just kept coming and coming and coming and coming and 
coming..thousands and thousands of birds!!
And just beneath these flocks, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, 
were flocks of thousands and thousands more - they too, kept coming and 
coming and coming.
We were both awestruck and dumbfounded.
To borrow a phrase from another text we were "incredulous with sheer joy 
and wonder"!!!
I have never seen such a spectacle in my entire life..
We were trying to count this vast amount and we broke them up into 
groupings of one hundred birds.
We finally decided on an estimated of close to 500,000 birds.
A big "discussion" ensued at our final CBC tally because some doubted 
our number.
Kyle and I stuck to our guns and argued our case..
We finally decided to error on the side of caution and the consensus was 
to list the number at 200,000.
What saved the day for Kyle and I was a fellow birder who was present 
and mention that Kevin McGowan had taken an aerial view of a massive 
number of snow gees at the north end of Cayuga Lake about 8 or 9 springs 
ago and, with the help of a computer,  estimated the total number of 
snow geese at around 900,000.
Anyways, I was very glad to witness this spectacle and will never forget it.
Pete Saracino


On 1/4/2016 2:11 PM, Ray Zimmerman wrote:
> Sorry for the late post, but around noon on Sat 1/2/16, as I returned 
> to Ithaca from Auburn on Rt 34 I came across a field full of 
> thousands, and I guessed probably 10’s of thousands of snow geese 
> between Scipio Center and Genoa. Initially the flock was on both sides 
> of the road, but part of the flock flushed and moved to the west side 
> of the road during the 10 min or so I spent watching before I had to 
> move on, but I did get some video …
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqvoccmf1371yi3/IMG_2577.MOV?dl=0
>
> /(download the video for the best quality)/
>
> — Ray
>
> --
> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:*
> Welcome and Basics 
> Rules and Information 
> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave 
> 
> *Archives:*
> The Mail Archive 
> 
> Surfbirds 
> BirdingOnThe.Net 
> *Please submit your observations to eBird 
> !*
> --
>
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
> Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11322 - Release Date: 01/04/16
>


--

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] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings!

2016-01-04 Thread Marie P. Read 
Well, just in the nick of time for CBC Count Week, I saw a flock of around 20 
Snow Buntings just west of the observatory on Mt Pleasant Rd (south side of the 
road) as I drove by there around 3:55 pm today. Lots of white on the wings was 
distinctive.
Earlier there was a large flock of Horned Larks close to the road at the 
eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd, as well as the regular flock of juncos in the 
dip between hills where the farm is.

Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

--

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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca count notes & questions

2016-01-04 Thread Dave Nutter 

--

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/

--