Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

Just found this paper that shows in 1994 Lake Erie went from ~50% iced over on Jan 12 to ~100% on Jan 21 (Fig. 8). I’m imagining grebes on 5000 square miles of lake getting confined to a smaller and smaller area over a week then abruptly on one calm night being forced to evacuate en masse. htt

Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

the June 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. Bill E From: Linda Post Van Buskirk Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:08 AM To: Asher Hockett ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl I’m watching the ice in Aurora—and more is accumulating along the shore north of the vil

RE: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

ubject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl This from Wikipedia: A tradition at Wells College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_College> in Aurora holds that if the lake completely freezes over, classes are canceled (though for only one day).[6]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga_Lake

Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

This from Wikipedia: A tradition at Wells College in Aurora holds that if the lake completely freezes over, classes are canceled (though for only one day).[6]According to Wells College records, this la

Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

I don't know what possessed me to suggest the lake might freeze over when there's a gap of some 30 miles. Still, the ice I saw yesterday was not merely over 3 or 5 feet of water, it may have been 30 to 50 feet deep. Today around mid-day I happened to drive NYS-89, after the west wind had been blowi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

Not a chance the whole lake will freeze over, Dave. No ice at all up here where it is 460 feet deep. 1 1/2 weeks ago water near shore was 39 degrees. It freezes only at the shallow ends and areas adjacent, usually. A little raft of Redheads, Ring Necks, swimming, diving here. Accompanied by so