Around 12:30 – 1:30 pm today, I watched in amazement as wave after wave of geese flew high overhead in huge lines and V-formations, generally heading in a northwest direction. I started in Hastings and then stopped at Grey Cloud Island, while the geese just kept on coming. Most groups were 100 – 200 birds, with some being over 1,000. I estimate I saw over 10,000 geese. They were so high that, except for an occasional white phase snow goose, I wasn’t sure how many were Canadas and how many were greater white-fronted. Some of the white-fronted flew low enough to hear their high-pitched calls and see their orange legs.
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