[cayugabirds-l] loon flight
I didn't read the aurora alert until 11:30, oh well! But at 6:15 this morning the moon rolled up over the top of Thatcher's Pinnacle, framed by dark tattered clouds that were moving south at quite a clip. Before dawn the eastern sky turned to gold, and ducks were already up in it, so I decided to stand out in the yard and see what migrants might come off Cayuga. By 9:15 I had counted 192 loons. I also saw a little flock of 11 or 12 Brant go over. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Loon flight
I counted over 1000 loons in southbound flight from near Agway in downtown Ithaca this morning. The flight was en masse (1000+ feet above ground level) when I arrived at ~8AM and it appeared most had passed when I stopped counting at 8:20AM. The groups were large, some formations stretching 100 birds wide. I guess this might have been a 3000+ day at Tunghannock State Park. Bill E -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Loon Flight/Peregrine
From Snyder Hill Rd, Steve Fast and I watched a flight of some 15 COMMON LOONS, 6 TURKEY VULTURES, 50 BRANT, and one PEREGRINE FALCON pass over, heading south. Between 8 and 10 this morning. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
