[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday over Union Springs

2018-03-19 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard 

About 12:30 p.m. today (19th) on our way to MNWR, (vistor's center was open)
 daughter, Becky Sewell, & I saw tens of thousands of Snows

mid-lake out from Canoga Shores (N. of Canoga) & opposite the Kozy Cove
area north of Union Springs. There were several tremendously HUGE rafts
spread over a long & wide distance.

I live 1/2 mi. east of the lake.  About 5 p.m. I was working outside for
a couple hrs.. Suddenly, overhead, gossiping, arguing, noisy snow geese
began to come by the hundreds from NW, heading SE right over my head &
spread also to the north & south of me.  It took at least 1/2 hr. for
the massive numbers to end. It's an amazing sight to see.

We saw the eagles at Mud Lock. Female is incubating & male was on watch.
We also had a low flying juvenile bald eagle just north of Cayuga. The
Eurasian wigeon was still at the Visitor's Center along with the
Snow/Canada cross goose. A Northern harrier was hunting over the marsh.

Fritzie  Blizzard  .. Union Springs


On 3/19/2018 4:28 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote:
and from the west side of the lake, about a mile south of Cayuga
Lake State Park, there is a solid mass of snow geese stretching from
shore to shore.


Laura
On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Laura Stenzler mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today,
March 19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm.



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday

2018-03-19 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
By 6 PM the shore to shore group strung itself out more in the middle of the 
lake in a very long line. some are closer to the west shore as well.
Several vees have flown NW too.

Donna Scott
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On Mar 19, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Geo Kloppel 
mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Yes, the shore-to-shore mass of Snow Geese was very impressive even at 2:00 
this afternoon. “Raft” seems an inadequate analogy; this was more like a 
floating assault bridge!

-Geo

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On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:28 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

and from the west side of the lake, about a mile south of Cayuga Lake State 
Park, there is a solid mass of snow geese stretching from shore to shore.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today, March 
19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:07 PM, bob mcguire 
mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote:

Wasn’t that amazing???  We observed that extended flock - and another one 
farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count 
(and looking for Ross’s Goose) and made a “questimate” of at least ONE MILLION. 
I wonder if anyone actually has a count?

Bob
On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Candace Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I saw thousands of, if not tens of thousands of, snow geese at 330 pm today off 
Cayuga State Park on the northwest side of the lake.  A dozen or so swans 
(sp?), swimming on the periphery of the rafts looked like they were herding the 
geese. The gang was wonderfully loud.
Candace

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Yesterday and today, moderate-sized rafts on Cayuga Lake off Lansing Station 
Road, Lansing.

Donna Scott
Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday

2018-03-19 Thread Geo Kloppel 
Yes, the shore-to-shore mass of Snow Geese was very impressive even at 2:00 
this afternoon. “Raft” seems an inadequate analogy; this was more like a 
floating assault bridge!

-Geo

Geo Kloppel
g...@cornell.edu

> On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:28 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
> 
> and from the west side of the lake, about a mile south of Cayuga Lake 
> State Park, there is a solid mass of snow geese stretching from shore to 
> shore. 
> 
> Laura
> 
> Laura Stenzler
> l...@cornell.edu
> 
> On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
> 
>> A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today, 
>> March 19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm. 
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
>> Laura Stenzler
>> l...@cornell.edu
>> 
>> On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:07 PM, bob mcguire  wrote:
>> 
>>> Wasn’t that amazing???  We observed that extended flock - and another one 
>>> farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count 
>>> (and looking for Ross’s Goose) and made a “questimate” of at least ONE 
>>> MILLION. I wonder if anyone actually has a count?
>>> 
>>> Bob
 On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:
 
 I saw thousands of, if not tens of thousands of, snow geese at 330 pm 
 today off Cayuga State Park on the northwest side of the lake.  A dozen or 
 so swans (sp?), swimming on the periphery of the rafts looked like they 
 were herding the geese. The gang was wonderfully loud.
 Candace
 
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Donna Lee Scott  
> wrote:
> Yesterday and today, moderate-sized rafts on Cayuga Lake off Lansing 
> Station Road, Lansing. 
> 
> Donna Scott
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday

2018-03-19 Thread khmo 
Two other large rafts further south. Interesting that very little was on
Seneca as we birded the west side and park at the North end. All the
usual hot spots were devoid of waterfowl. 

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On 2018-03-19 20:28, Laura Stenzler wrote:

> and from the west side of the lake, about a mile south of Cayuga Lake 
> State Park, there is a solid mass of snow geese stretching from shore to 
> shore. 
> 
> Laura 
> 
> Laura Stenzler 
> l...@cornell.edu 
> 
> On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
> 
> A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today, 
> March 19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm. 
> 
> Laura 
> 
> Laura Stenzler 
> l...@cornell.edu 
> 
> On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:07 PM, bob mcguire  wrote:
> 
> Wasn't that amazing???  We observed that extended flock - and another one 
> farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count 
> (and looking for Ross's Goose) and made a "questimate" of at least ONE 
> MILLION. I wonder if anyone actually has a count? 
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote: 
> 
> I saw thousands of, if not tens of thousands of, snow geese at 330 pm today 
> off Cayuga State Park on the northwest side of the lake.  A dozen or so swans 
> (sp?), swimming on the periphery of the rafts looked like they were herding 
> the geese. The gang was wonderfully loud. 
> Candace 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
> 
> Yesterday and today, moderate-sized rafts on Cayuga Lake off Lansing Station 
> Road, Lansing.  
> Donna Scott 
> Sent from my iPhone 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday

2018-03-19 Thread Laura Stenzler 
and from the west side of the lake, about a mile south of Cayuga Lake State 
Park, there is a solid mass of snow geese stretching from shore to shore.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today, March 
19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:07 PM, bob mcguire 
mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote:

Wasn’t that amazing???  We observed that extended flock - and another one 
farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count 
(and looking for Ross’s Goose) and made a “questimate” of at least ONE MILLION. 
I wonder if anyone actually has a count?

Bob
On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Candace Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I saw thousands of, if not tens of thousands of, snow geese at 330 pm today off 
Cayuga State Park on the northwest side of the lake.  A dozen or so swans 
(sp?), swimming on the periphery of the rafts looked like they were herding the 
geese. The gang was wonderfully loud.
Candace

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Yesterday and today, moderate-sized rafts on Cayuga Lake off Lansing Station 
Road, Lansing.

Donna Scott
Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Monday

2018-03-19 Thread Laura Stenzler 
A huge flock of snow geese is close to shore just north of Aurora today, March 
19, opposite Gully Rd. The noise is amazing ! 10,000?  3:22 pm.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:07 PM, bob mcguire 
mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote:

Wasn’t that amazing???  We observed that extended flock - and another one 
farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count 
(and looking for Ross’s Goose) and made a “questimate” of at least ONE MILLION. 
I wonder if anyone actually has a count?

Bob
On Mar 18, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Candace Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I saw thousands of, if not tens of thousands of, snow geese at 330 pm today off 
Cayuga State Park on the northwest side of the lake.  A dozen or so swans 
(sp?), swimming on the periphery of the rafts looked like they were herding the 
geese. The gang was wonderfully loud.
Candace

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Yesterday and today, moderate-sized rafts on Cayuga Lake off Lansing Station 
Road, Lansing.

Donna Scott
Sent from my iPhone
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