I spotted what was presumably one of the Brant flocks that Jay observed passing Myers, heading South over Ithaca around 8:45am. There were about 175 birds in that flock. I was headed North down Route 96B, past Ithaca College, and observed this flock off to the West (my left) just West of the West side of South Hill. The cloud ceiling was low, but not too low, at that point. Certainly, I would think, they can fly in the fog if the cloud ceiling hits the valley floor - especially with favorable tail winds - they just need to watch out for radio towers and wind turbines on their way.
Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:00 PM To: Cayugabirds-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point - Black Scoters, Brant On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > The highlight was an incredible 2865 BRANT Wow! I wonder if they just kept going? The cloud ceiling in West Danby has hovered just a couple hundred feet obove the valley floor all morning, but there doesn't seem to be any fallout... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
