Last evening, at about 7:15, my husband and I were "in the neighborhood" of Montezuma and thought we'd swing by and take a look just in case something was going on. Well, it was! As we watched for 20-30 minutes, wave after wave of Snow Geese passed over without a break. We're not experienced birders, so won't attempt a count except to say that we estimate between 50,000 and 100,000 flew over in great, wavering Vs, overlapping, separating, overlapping again. The resemblance to ocean waves approaching the shore was striking.
It was quite cloudy last evening so, because of the trees, we weren't aware that, near the horizon, there was a strip of clear sky and a vibrant sunset was taking place. We discovered it when we noticed that the overhead geese had sunset-colored bellies. They were high enough to catch the reflection and they positively glowed! A glorious sight! What a gift! (Please excuse my amateur enthusiasm!) Kathleen Kramer Newfield -- 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/ --
