There have been steady flocks of snow geese moving around overhead here above Maplewood Pt (Duboise Rd). I can only hear them with the low cloud/snow. Hundreds to thousands I would guess.
Nancy Cusumano On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 3:24 PM Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > On Thursday, I saw a flock of several thousand snow geese, circled over > Iradell Road, Trumansburg a couple of times before heading off north. > > > > On Friday, from my place on Sheffield Road, Ithaca (west of Ithaca, > Ithaca/Enfield townline), I saw several hundreds rise up just above the > tree line to the east so I assume they were on the lake and flew up and > then flew down out of sight. > > > > And yesterday, I saw a flock of hundreds heading southeast over Sheffield > Road. > > > > Today, I saw a flock of a few hundred over Sheffield Road and heading > southwest. > > > > Deb > > > > > > *From:* bounce-127964892-83565...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-127964892-83565...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Duane > *Sent:* Sunday, January 7, 2024 3:05 PM > *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese > > > > It has been an interesting day for geese. Had a flock (I assume the same > one) fly over our house in Lansing about 5 times this morning. Wondering > if they were trying to go to Myers area and deciding against it but > couldn't find anything they liked off the lake. > > > > Had a couple hundred snow geese and a couple separate flocks of Canadas > near Trumansburg. Snow Geese headed north and Canada flocks headed south. > The first flock of Canadas were still jostling for position as they flew > over. > > > > Duane and Rita > > > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2024, 2:59 PM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > About 1.5 hours ago I saw a few thousand Snow Geese flying in a southerly > direction over Ithaca, and the lake, probably. > > They were seen from the NW side of the Kendal (Cayuga Hts) loop sidewalk , > and were west of the west side Kendal property line. > > > > Donna L Scott > > > > 377 Savage Farm Dr > > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > d...@cornell.edu > > > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
