[cayugabirds-l] Goose flight

2014-03-14 Thread Christopher Wood
I have seen several flocks of Snow Geese and a few Canadas heading north this morning -- I only scanned for about 5 minutes. I'm sure someone more enterprising would do quite well today. Also several flocks of grackles. Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goose flight

2014-03-14 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
I had a flock of Canada Geese on Dryden Lake this morning, sitting on a bare patch of black ice that looked very much like open water. In with them were 10 Blue Snow Geese and a single CACKLING GOOSE. I don't often see that many Blue Geese without any white Snows. While I was there 3

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goose flight

2014-03-14 Thread Geo Kloppel
I've seen perhaps 2,000 Snow Geese pass over West Danby in the last 5 minutes in pure flocks. More still coming... -Geo Kloppel On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: I had a flock of Canada Geese on Dryden Lake this morning, sitting on a bare patch of black

[cayugabirds-l] campus snow geese

2014-03-14 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hello, About 20 minutes ago I read e-mail from Chris, so while eating lunch I looked out from office window and for first ten minutes I did not see anything except for two local Canada Goose, I presume because they headed down towards Beebe lake. After 10 minutes I started seeing flocks of

[cayugabirds-l] Goose flight

2014-03-14 Thread Geo Kloppel
West Danby had a 20 minute lull, then another big pulse of several thousand Snow Geese. Now it's quiet again -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

2014-03-14 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Roughly coincident with George and Meena’s observations and possibly one of the same huge flocks, I saw hundreds and hundreds of Snow Geese in a vast boiling flock probably 3 mi distant to the east from CLO (I was on Sherwood Platform at about 1215). Too distant to hear of course. If they had

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings - plumage

2014-03-14 Thread Marie P. Read
A flock of 30-ish Snow Buntings in the cornfield where Mt Pleasant Rd meets Mineah Rd around 1:45pm. Some of them are looking quite handsome, much more white in the breast/belly and the wings feathers looking much blacker, as they molt into their breeding plumage. Marie Marie Read Wildlife

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings - plumage

2014-03-14 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Actually, they're not molting. The pale tips are wearing off the feathers showing the pretty bases below. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-113222047-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-113222047-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014

Re: [cayugabirds-l] killdeer

2014-03-14 Thread John Confer
Killdeer must have been on the move. I saw 11 Killdeer in half a mile along flooded fields on Flatiron Rd., Caroline just before it turned bitter cold with snow. I wonder how many survived. John Confer On 3/12/2014 6:53 PM, cl...@juno.com wrote: *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Snow Geese

2014-03-14 Thread bob mcguire
There are currently approximately 60 Snow Geese on the ground just south of the compost piles, seen from Stevenson Road. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Tundra Swans on Chemung

2014-03-14 Thread jklmwest
Saw 14 Tundra Swans on Chemung River at Botcher's Landing west of Elmira at 4:00 pm today. Kris West 1 Chatfield Place East Painted Post, NY 14870 607-936-2631 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME