Tim Lenz and I spent half and hour walking around Sapsucker Woods. We had about 7000 Canada Geese pass overhead in all. We found three CACKLING GEESE among them. One lone bird as soon as we stepped out of the building, in a low group of about 50 birds, and a pair in a group of about 125 birds.
There weren't many land birds to speak of, but there were 4 Red-winged Blackbirds at the feeders and a Red-tailed Hawk that swooped towards us and kept following us around the trails. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Susan Fast <[email protected]> wrote: > You have no idea. I had flocks of geese going over Brooktondale at 0730. > Susie & I got to Mt. Pleasant at 0930 and stayed for 2.5 hours. A lot of > SNOW GEESE early; mostly CANADAS for the last hour. Go there if you can. > I > am estimating we saw several hundred thousand at a minimum. They covered > the sky. As far as we could look both east and west, at any time there > were > 10-20 large flocks visible with optics. Also 15 PINTAILS, 15 SWANS, 10-12 > KILLDEER, thousands of BLACKBIRDS, 3 CACKLING GOOSE candidates. Oddly, no > hawks or eagles--one each local RED-TAIL and TV. Had to quit--neck cramps. > > S. & S. Fast > Brooktondale > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie P > Read > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:14 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Canada Geese migrating > > Many flocks of Canada Geese flying high over Mt Pleasant right now, heading > NORTH! Yesssss! Spring is coming. > > Marie > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail [email protected] > > http://www.marieread.com > > Now on FaceBook > > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/1043561362717 > 27 > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
