Well, I don’t have a method for estimating, so I could be very, very wrong!
Deb
From: Evelyn Weinstein <myisland3...>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 9:03 PM
To: Deb Grantham <dgg3...>
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese flying
The snow geese that I also saw today were up along Rt 89 not far from Wolffy's Grill and there must have been closer to 50,000 between those rafting on the lake and those flying overhead! Amazing!!!!!
Evie Weinstein
On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 8:30 PM Deb Grantham <dgg3...><mailto:<dgg3...>> wrote:
This afternoon, between 4:30 and 5:30 pm, I saw thousands of snow geese flying south, group after group. I estimate 2,000 to 4,000 but it was extremely difficult to count!
This was from Sheffield Road, the Ithaca/Enfield town line and about ¼ mile north of Rt. 79.
I also quite a few Vs of Canada geese that were circling or doing a 180, hard to tell, I think they were mostly heading south/south-east. There were far fewer of those than the snow geese.
And I’ve been hearing red-winged blackbirds but haven’t seen them yet.
Deb
Deborah G. Grantham
Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University
