Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Nancy Cusumano
They were all heading north as we were leaving, like half as many on the water as wine we arrived. Will the come back south again tomorrow, or keep goin? Anyone want to guess? It was a truly amazing sight and sounds. The amount of birds in the air at any one time made it look like the sky was f

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon with Mallard

2021-03-17 Thread Linda Pflanz
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:46 AM Rachel Lodder wrote: > Great photos! Thanks for sharing! > > -- > *From:* bounce-125412574-81221...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-125412574-81221...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Peter Saracino < > petersarac...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesd

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Poppy Singer
What is the chance of them being there come late morning tomorrow? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM Elaina M. McCartney < elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: > It was worth the drive—astonishing numbers close to shore at Cayuga Lake > State Park! > > Elaina > > > > *From: * on behalf of Deb > Gra

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Elaina M. McCartney
It was worth the drive—astonishing numbers close to shore at Cayuga Lake State Park! Elaina From: on behalf of Deb Grantham Reply-To: Deb Grantham Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 8:12 PM To: "Johnson, Alyssa" , Nancy Cusumano , Marc Devokaitis Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Deb Grantham
Nancy and I were just up there - I would believe 400,000!! Deb From: bounce-125469616-83565...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Johnson, Alyssa Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:25 PM To: Nancy Cusumano ; Marc Devokaitis Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redpolls polls and a science question

2021-03-17 Thread Peter Saracino
Hi Anne. Great questions. Don't know about redpolls but I just read today ( Sibley's "What Its Like To Be A Bird") that with chickadees the birds, themselves, can tell make from female because the black bib on the males fluoresce more deeply than on the female. Trouble is, THAT is something OUR bra

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Johnson, Alyssa
We received a count from a very experienced birder after I left the area, he estimated 400,000! I came back a few hours later in the afternoon and the flock had definitely grown from when I saw it around 11:30 am. Magical. Get Outlook for iOS _

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Nancy Cusumano
Thanks Marc. I was debating. You clinched it! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:44 PM Marc Devokaitis wrote: > phenomenon ongoing. definitely hundreds of thousands, close in, starting > at lower lake rd, proceeding north. Absolutely astounding. > > Marc Devokaitis > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:26 AM John

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Marc Devokaitis
phenomenon ongoing. definitely hundreds of thousands, close in, starting at lower lake rd, proceeding north. Absolutely astounding. Marc Devokaitis On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:26 AM Johnson, Alyssa wrote: > I’m saying over 200,000 now. THEY KEEP COMING!!! :) > > Get Outlook for iOS

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Johnson, Alyssa
I’m saying over 200,000 now. THEY KEEP COMING!!! :) Get Outlook for iOS From: bounce-125468279-79436...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Johnson, Alyssa Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 11:13:53 AM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cay

[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

2021-03-17 Thread Johnson, Alyssa
40+ bald eagles being seen along the Seneca river viewed from the Morgan Rd DEC office in Seneca Falls. 50,000 snow geese in a raft on Cayuga Lake viewed from the State Park boat launch. TONS of divers and tundra swans too Get Outlook for iOS -- Cayugabirds-L List Info