>From my bedroom window, at 9 a.m., I could look 1/2 mi. down to the lake & see >thousands of snow geese suddenly rising from the ice, swirling 'round & >'round, higher & higher, many going south, some coming east over our house but >most settling back down onto the ice. Thrilling sight.
Last evening at 6 p.m. many were settling onto nearby farm fields. Lovely, even tho' I know they are a plague to farmers & on the tundra. Becky said she talked to 2 hunters near her place who had hunted all afternoon & managed to shoot only 2 snows. I saw a field that had at least 200 decoys set in rows in a square shape around a blind. Those hunters should know geese don't congregate that way in a field, esp. after doing it that way last yr.. Glad I'm not into hunting or the doe that took a mint from Becky's fingers & stood 10 ft. from me eating my tomato & potato plants last yr. would have been resting in bags in her freezer! Another cold, blustery, snowy day, but one day closer to elusive spring. Patience, friends ~ ~ ~ Fritzie -- 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/ --
