Subject: Re: late night geese?
Date: Oct 02 15:02:56 1998
From: Eric Kraig - kraig at wln.com



Wow, that's wierd. I stepped out on the front porch last night at about
10, and heard geese coming from high up. Not Canadas - I said to my wife,
"Snow Geese". They were heading south, high and fast. We're way south of
Ballard, so... multiple flocks heading for the Sacramento Valley?

Eric Kraig
Olympia, WA
kraig at wln.com

>About 2:50 AM I awoke to the sound of a flock of birds, geese I think. It
>sounded like a large flock, the sound went on for a minute or so. The
>best description I can give is they sounded like a high pitched kind of
>musical barking. More flocks came over several more times, the last just
>before seven. I don't think they were Canadas or Greater White-fronted,
>the closest sound match I could find on my CD was Snow Geese. Would snow
>Geese be flying over Ballard at 2:50 AM? I'm not even sure they were
>geese...
>
>Cliff Drake
>(Ballard) Seattle, WA 98107
>birder at juno.com
>