I heard a flock this morning as well. Sue Orwig in Houston On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Tony et AL...I just checked thru my mail and had 5 notes with two folks in > the southern half of the state saying they heard geese either last night or > this morning...3 others wrote they have had them at this time of year as > well. I was unaware of how significant this next front is going to be so I > suspect these are the result of that...I bet there will be some good hawk > flights. When I catch up I am going out to look. > B > > ********************************************************************** > Brush Freeman > 503-551-5150 Cell > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Tony leukering <greatgrayowl@xxxxxxx > >wrote: > > > Hi all: > > This species begins migrating in fall well before other arctic-breeding > > geese, with fall arrival in WA in August. I know that I saw my first > last > > fall at Smith Point in late September. > > > > Brush's post caused me to query eBird with the resultant graph > > > > > > > http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?cmdŢcisionPage&speciesCodes=gwfgoo&getLocations=states&states=US-TX&bYear00&eYear13&bMonth=1&eMonth > &reportType=species&parentState=US-TX > > > > So, while Brush's birds would be slightly on the early side, only a few > > days. > > > > Tony > > > > Tony Leukering > > Smith Point, TX > > http://smithpointhawkwatch.wordpress.com/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_leukering/ > > http://www.aba.org/photoquiz/ > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking > permission > > from the List Owner > > > > > > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner