We received a count from a very experienced birder after I left the area, he estimated 400,000! I came back a few hours later in the afternoon and the flock had definitely grown from when I saw it around 11:30 am.
Magical. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 5:19:35 PM To: Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> Cc: Johnson, Alyssa <alyssa.john...@audubon.org>; CayugaBirds-L b <Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles Thanks Marc. I was debating. You clinched it! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:44 PM Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com<mailto:mdevokai...@gmail.com>> wrote: phenomenon ongoing. definitely hundreds of thousands, close in, starting at lower lake rd, proceeding north. Absolutely astounding. Marc Devokaitis On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:26 AM Johnson, Alyssa <alyssa.john...@audubon.org<mailto:alyssa.john...@audubon.org>> wrote: I’m saying over 200,000 now. THEY KEEP COMING!!! :) Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: bounce-125468279-79436...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-125468279-79436...@list.cornell.edu> <bounce-125468279-79436...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-125468279-79436...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of Johnson, Alyssa <alyssa.john...@audubon.org<mailto:alyssa.john...@audubon.org>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 11:13:53 AM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu<mailto:Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> <Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu<mailto:Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles 40+ bald eagles being seen along the Seneca river viewed from the Morgan Rd DEC office in Seneca Falls. 50,000 snow geese in a raft on Cayuga Lake viewed from the State Park boat launch. TONS of divers and tundra swans too Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> 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> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> 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> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> 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> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
