ML619507110
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Flying
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Flock of 180 flying north then soft calls from a distant large flock on the lake.
Observation details
**High for Cayuga in spring. Shatters previous eBird Tompkins spring record (375?) and very nearly at my fall record of ~2800. Many flocks moving. Huge flock on lake on arrival; took off and headed north at 6:05, estimate by 10s and 50s at 900 birds. Before they flew, a flock of 180 flew by going north at 6:02. Flock of 55 north at 6:07. 60 north fairly high over middle of lake at 6:17. At 6:22, very large flock visible to south but seemed to be doubling back to south, though certainly not birds previously seen by me; at least 700 and maybe more. Then roughly 1000 (probably same group) moving north as rain let up a bit at 6:40. 65 north at 646. 300 north at 650. 100 south at 716, maybe flushed off water by boat going south as well.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Zoom F3
- Microphone
- Wildtronics Pro Mono Parabolic Microphone
- Accessories
- Wildtronics 22" Parabola
- Original file size
- 36.12 MB