To the chagrin of hunters waiting for first-light flights, many waterfowl
species are known to move from roost to feeding areas at night during
clear, bright, moon-lit nights.  A snow cover would add to that amount of
available light.   It is not surprising the swans arrived so early in the
morning.  There will be a full moon this weekend.  If the sky is clear be
prepared to lose more sleep :)

Mark


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Steve Hughes <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> At 2:30 am a flock of 30-50 swans (probably Tundra) descended on Wyoga
> Lake in Stow, Summit County. They were so noisy they woke me up and
> continued to make a racket for the next hour before I fell asleep again. In
> the morning I checked out the lake and there were 3 left at the far reaches
> of the lake and I couldn’t get a positive ID because of the distance. Is
> the nighttime movement and racket common with Swans? There were also 3
> Buffleheads and 5 Ruddys still there in the morning. Nine years ago I had
> my first encounter with Swans flying in at night when I was shoveling snow
> from the driveway of my new house for the first time. It was strange that
> it happened again after a first snow of the year.
> Steve Hughes
> Stow, Summit.
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