Canada Geese are migrating south over Cornell and WPLand. They move in smaller flocks than in spring migration. i don't know why that is. Also, Draco got to go outside without all of his fly armor on. (He is allergic to the midges/no-seeums.)
“This winter, I think, is going to be a colder one, at least for the interior sections from the Appalachians to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes,” Pastelok said. Last winter, temperatures across these areas were right around normal, but this year, the winter as a whole is likely to average 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit below normal...
Closer to the Great Lakes, the big story this winter will be lake-effect snow.
“Lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes --- look out,” Pastelok warned. “If it all does come together, we could have a pretty busy season as far as lake-effect snow [goes] for all of the Great Lakes.”
The first rounds of lake-effect snow are likely to start in late November and into December, but the pattern that meteorologists often refer to as "the lake-effect snow machine" will kick into high gear as the calendar turns to 2022.