All - I saw this on the PABIRDS listserve and thought you might find it fascinating...although there is no stated source of the information.

Russ Ruffing
Woodstock, MD

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From: name removed
Date: Feb 29, 2012 4:25:03 PM
Subject: [PABIRDS] OT - Unprecedented Flights of Geese and Swans over NY and 
Canada
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Hi All,
With all the reports of waterfowl migration I thought some of you might
be interested in the report below from a York Co friend.
name removed
Accokeek, MD

At about Ithaca (Cornell) the major river flyways converge - Delaware River
groups have already merged with Susquehanna River groups, who have already
merged with the Potomac groups and they merge further with the Mowhawk and
Hudson groups. They take this enormous sweep to the northwest and so folks
in NY state and Ontario have seen the most amazing show. They arc across
Canada once clear of the the Great Lakes.

I heard from my cousin Steve in Ottawa that city streets came to a halt
Monday and yesterday as these enormous flocks actually dimmed the sun!
People got off buses and out of their cars to watch. Ornithologists are
remarking that this may be the largest single mass migration in the last
150 years. The storm front has certainly helped - these birds are making
incredible time riding the currents north so may have left all at once to
catch the front rather than fly in staggered waves over weeks.

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