Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca breeding goose investigation

[Dave Nutter]

Bill,Great idea! It would be good to get an idea of pairs, and if possible nest locations, while nesting is going on. Maybe later an idea of young produced. What area did you want to cover? At Stewart Park yesterday during a brief cruise through in the taxi I tallied at least 16 pairs of geese plus several others that were not obviously paired. I don't know whether the pairs have nests, and if so whether they commute to Stewart Park to graze.--Dave NutterOn Apr 08, 2014, at 09:48 PM, Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.com wrote:Sometimes it goes by so fast you hardly have time to reflect\Tons and tons of potential reflection swept under the bridge\So I inject the following peculiar observation\I’m sitting in my office across from Agway working late tonight, ~7:45pm, and I hear calls of geese and look out the window\I see two geese, presumably a pair, flying low (100 ft agl) circling back south, I think toward the pair’s nest site\The question arises: Where are these geese going and how many such breeding pairs are there in the Cayuga Inlet floodplain?I’m guessing 10 pair, and I mull over lunchtime walks looking for gosslings in a month or so\Will report back with findings\Welcome any assistance or reports\Bill Ep.s. this is not like counting earthworms crossing the sidewalk in the rain.--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!--
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca breeding goose investigation

[Bill Evans]

I’m thinking the area bounded by the south shore of Cayuga Lake (say out 
100-ft), the base of the hills, and south to the bridge to nowhere.

We might as well add mallards to the survey – I’m always surprised at the 
locations where they nest within the city.

I’m happy to put a map online and update it with nests and gosling locations, 
but if someone else wants to do this that would be welcome.

Bill

From: Dave Nutter 
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:02 AM
To: Bill Evans 
Cc: Cayuga Birds 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca breeding goose investigation

Bill,
Great idea! It would be good to get an idea of pairs, and if possible nest 
locations, while nesting is going on. Maybe later an idea of young produced. 
What area did you want to cover? At Stewart Park yesterday during a brief 
cruise through in the taxi I tallied at least 16 pairs of geese plus several 
others that were not obviously paired. I don't know whether the pairs have 
nests, and if so whether they commute to Stewart Park to graze.

--Dave Nutter
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