Larry, et al. A day for Snow Geese! I counted seven hi-flyer flocks across an hour in midday ... 6 of the 7 were Snow Geese.
Here is an odd occurrence in midday over Fishkill: A V-flock of Snow Geese was heading SW while a V-flock of Canadas was heading due south. It looked like a collision would occur .... and it did. They flew into each other's path, but deftly merged into one large flock (not a V) with not a feather ruffled ... they flew on for another 30 seconds, before separating again and going their own way. For a full half-minute, there was one large flock of mixed geese; never saw that before. TOM ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Federman [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:49 PM To: James Coe; [email protected] Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Snow Geese over Palenville, Greene County We, too, had Snow Geese fly over, at around 1pm today. 3 flocks of 200, 150, and 75 each, heading due south. Larry Federman Education Coordinator Audubon New York Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, and RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuaries and Centers From: James Coe<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 12:57 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snow Geese over Hannacroix A flock of about 70 Snow Geese were seen flying low, WSW, over our yard this morning - that’s mid-way between Coxsackie and Greenville (Hannacroix postal route) – and they were headed in the Greenville direction. Jim Coe 168 Alcove Road Hannacroix, NY 12087 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
