They roost on the ice (which allows us to get reasonably accurate CBC counts
before they spread into the marshes for the day). The number of Snow Geese
in Jamaica Bay is the number that will be at JBWR.
Steve
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From: "Phil Jeffrey" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:19 PM
To: "Steve Walter" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Snow geese at JBNWR
But pertinently Jamaica Bay WR is not the full extent of Jamaica Bay.
So eBird flagging 200 for Jamaica Bay in February is not as
unreasonable as it sounds, because I've been there in February during
a freeze and seen *none*. In fact as pointed out there probably
aren't all that many within the WR boundaries during the freeze, and
it's certainly well down from the pre-freeze counts during December
(i.e. don't use December counts to indicate likely February counts).
I'm all for accurate information too.
Phil
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