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Re: Huge flocks of migrating birds

Hi Guys,
 I have had some great responses, Thank You!
 I have looked at several resources and I think we were probably seeing 
White Faced Ibis. They were very quiet, quite large and very streamlined.
 
They looked dark to me but with it being dusk and with them flying fairly
 
high it was hard to tell but if I had to say, I would say dark. That would
 
fit with the Ibis. They also had the typical v-wing of a water fowl.
 Thanks for all of the good guesses. We haven't been able to be out at dark
 
the last couple of nights but I bet they are still at the lake. This would
 
be an awesome time to go and look.
 It was an amazing sight to watch them flying overhead, trying to keep the 
V 
formation, taking turns at the front. You could always tell when it was 
getting darker, their flying had a bit more of a frantic look as if they 
were trying to hurry. Neat stuff.
 Happy Birding!
 Brenda
 PS. Hi John!

 On 8/24/05, Brenda Kidman <bkidman@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Hi All,
>  My husband and I were outside (at our home in South Weber) at dusk on 
> Saturday, August 20 and again Monday, August 22. We saw large, large "V's
" 
> of birds headed through Weber Canyon from the East and going south toward
s 
> the lake. We saw at least 7 flocks. Some flocks were at least 80+ birds a
nd 
> had a couple of V's in the formation. Some were as small as 20ish birds.
 
>  They weren't ducks or swans. They were large water birds with a thinner
 
> more streamline, longer look. They were high enough that we couldn't see 
the 
> color. 
>  Any ideas?
>  Thanks,
> Brenda 
>

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