Jim Binder
Jim Binder
abandoned again birds conditions delaware early encounter hard ice indicate large latitude left morning movements north numbers permit pushed recently reports retreat showing snow somewhat somewhere soon stopped turned unclear whether
This morning 40,000 of them turned up missing. Reports indicate that the birds have abandoned their wintering grounds in Delaware and that snow geese are showing up in New York. It is unclear whether the birds that stopped here briefly and then left recently still are somewhere at this same latitude or if they have pushed north. It would be somewhat early for large numbers of snows to be north of us but the movements of these birds is hard to predict. As soon as conditions permit they will usually try to push north, but if they encounter much snow or ice they will again retreat southward.