[cayugabirds-l] Windmap

2015-12-27 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all, I was looking at the windmap to see where the snow geese would be moving if they are and saw this strange line. http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ [http://earth.nullschool.net/sample.png] earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Windmap

2015-12-27 Thread Peter
Hi Meena. As a Meteorology instructor, I've often seen wind map sites where cooler, drier, polar air from the north/northwest meets warmer, moister air from the southeast (a "front") but have never seen it depicted like the one you've sent. My best guess is that it IS a frontal boundary between

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe--No, Montezuma Main Pool

2015-12-27 Thread Jennifer Marshall
Snowy owl at Lower Lake Rd. Seneca Falls. Sent from my iPhone (typos to be expected) > On Dec 27, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > The rain has made viewing difficult this morning, but with some effort > several of us have done a pretty thorough scan of the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Windmap

2015-12-27 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Thanks Peter! Previously I used to use the map link you sent. But the one I sent was colorful so I fell in love with this windmap. It is amazing how sharp is the demarcation in both versions. I thought it was a front, but as you mention I too have never seen anything so clearly dividing the

[cayugabirds-l] Wood Duck @ Sapsucker Woods

2015-12-27 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
On this morning's birdy walk (with the rain more bearable than I expected), there was a male wood duck with two mallards at Fuller, seen close from the Owens platform as it slinked behind the reeds. Plenty of activity from jingling tree sparrows, courting mallards, complaining blue jays, made for

[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe--No, Montezuma Main Pool

2015-12-27 Thread Jay McGowan
The rain has made viewing difficult this morning, but with some effort several of us have done a pretty thorough scan of the main pool, without success. Six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near the tower, and a SHORT-EARED OWL was being harassed by harriers out over the cattails. Duck

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Windmap

2015-12-27 Thread Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm
Less about wind and more about snow geese - my lovely SIL texted me earlier today that 250-300 snow geese were feeding on Center Rd. King Ferry around 2pm today. On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: > Thanks Peter! Previously I used to use the map link