GOOSE FLIGHT
rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:46:32 -0400
For those fortunate enough to be out on Monday, it was a major day for
migrating Canada Geese (as opposed to resident Canadian/American Geese).
The flight started in the pre-dawn (when I woke) and continued all day,
although it slacked in the afternoon. In six hours of watching at my house
in Belcamp, Harford, County, I had almost 500 flocks numbering between
15-240 birds. The total was 18,400 and there were some I heard while I was
inside and did not see. There were also two small birds, presumably one of
the Arctic races, and 34 Snow Geese in two flocks. The flight continued the
next morning, although it was light and I only heard the birds.
Rick
"Everywhere I go I'm asked if the university stifles writers. My opinion is
that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could
have been prevented by a good teacher." Flannery O'Connor
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
4318 Cowan Place
Belcamp, Maryland 21017
(410)575-6086