Really ? Does anyone see 1,000+ Snow Geese in Jamaica Bay when the hard freeze sets in during January and February ? I thought they left for points south when that occurred and then sometimes re-stage and Jamaica Bay WR on their way back north, around now. In fact I had a flock of ~200 fly over me in Central NJ this morning - in an atypical location, so they may be on the move in general.
The furthest north I know of a permanent wintering Snow Goose population is Brigantine division of Forsythe NWR in NJ. Phil Jeffrey Princeton On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > 200 Snow Geese in Jamaica Bay is unusual. There's usually around 1000 or > more. You may wish to refer back in your e-mail archives to "Brooklyn Count > #s - Update", posted 12/19/10 at 11:42 A.M. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Joseph O'Sullivan" <josulliva...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 6:45 PM > To: <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snow geese at JBNWR > >> A large flock of snow geese has arrived at the Jamaica Bay NWR. 200+ >> geese were in the salt marshes west of West Pond at 2:30pm. I entered >> 200 snow geese into e-bird, and e-bird considers this an unusual >> sighting, so I'm passing it on. >> >> Also at the refuge were a great cormorant and 1+ common mergansers, >> both first of season for me. >> >> -- >> >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html >> 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- "If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge" - Henry Spencer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
