They were all heading north as we were leaving, like half as many on the water as wine we arrived. Will the come back south again tomorrow, or keep goin? Anyone want to guess?
It was a truly amazing sight and sounds. The amount of birds in the air at any one time made it look like the sky was fluttering. Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Mar 17, 2021, at 8:31 PM, Poppy Singer <poppysinger.ith...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What is the chance of them being there come late morning tomorrow? > >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM Elaina M. McCartney >> <elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> It was worth the drive—astonishing numbers close to shore at Cayuga Lake >> State Park! >> >> Elaina >> >> >> >> From: <bounce-125469749-3494...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Deb Grantham >> <d...@cornell.edu> >> Reply-To: Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu> >> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 8:12 PM >> To: "Johnson, Alyssa" <alyssa.john...@audubon.org>, Nancy Cusumano >> <nancycusuman...@gmail.com>, Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> >> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles >> >> >> >> Nancy and I were just up there – I would believe 400,000!! >> >> >> >> Deb >> >> >> >> >> >> From: bounce-125469616-83565...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-125469616-83565...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Johnson, Alyssa >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:25 PM >> To: Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com>; Marc Devokaitis >> <mdevokai...@gmail.com> >> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles >> >> >> >> We received a count from a very experienced birder after I left the area, he >> estimated 400,000! I came back a few hours later in the afternoon and the >> flock had definitely grown from when I saw it around 11:30 am. >> >> >> >> Magical. >> >> >> >> Get Outlook for iOS >> >> From: Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 5:19:35 PM >> To: Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> >> Cc: Johnson, Alyssa <alyssa.john...@audubon.org>; CayugaBirds-L b >> <Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles >> >> >> >> Thanks Marc. I was debating. You clinched it! >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:44 PM Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> phenomenon ongoing. definitely hundreds of thousands, close in, starting at >> lower lake rd, proceeding north. Absolutely astounding. >> >> >> >> Marc Devokaitis >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:26 AM Johnson, Alyssa <alyssa.john...@audubon.org> >> wrote: >> >> I’m saying over 200,000 now. 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