This afternoon there was a flock of close to 4,000 Greater Snow Geese on the ice at Long Sault (detailed count). There were only a small number of Canadas at the time.
On Friday night at Grays Creek east of Cornwall a number of Snow Geese had settled in for the night.There was enough ambient light with cloudcover and local lights to do a decent tally. I did a count at 10:00 p.m. and there were about 500 on shore with a few hundred more on the water. Since the river had opened up a couple of days beforehand, ice floes were making their way downriver. One sheet near shore had hundreds of Canadas and close to 1,000 Snow Geese heading downriver. A second check at midnight revealed that these birds are party animals. Very few were sleeping. Brian Morin Cornwall Long Sault is west of Cornwall along county road 2. Grays Creek is at the east end of Cornwall along County Rd 2. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
