Birders,

Awake last night beyond my usual early bedtime, and since temperatures have risen our windows have been open enough to listen for owls, etc.
Unexpectedly, at 2210 hrs / 10:10 p.m. / I began hearing Snow Geese flying by, and my first thought was “NO WAY” !!!

but looking at the BNA species account this morning (blurb below), I see “YES WAY” !!!

the birds were distant, and it sounded more like 100’s rather than a few, and I have no idea how long this went on, because I fell asleep and stitched it into a dream….. =)

Bring it, need migrants!

Larry, W Boise

Migratory Behavior

Flights usually begin at dusk, but may begin at any time of day, and birds fly both night and day ( [ https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/snogoo/references#REF2236 | Palmer 1976 ] , [ https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/snogoo/references#REF7757 | Bellrose 1980 ] ). In fall, commonly fly in very large flocks (>1,000; [ https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/snogoo/references#REF20212 | Robertson et al. 1997a ] ), spring flocks more variable in size (35-400)……

Ref — Mowbray, T. B., F. Cooke, and B. Ganter (2000). Snow Goose ( Anser caerulescens ), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. [ https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.514 | https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.514 ]