I would like to boost Brian Morin's totals of Greater Snow Geese in
the Eastern Ontario flyway. On the evening of April 15th there were
at least 30,000 very noisy snow geese visible on the floodwater
beside the north levee of the South Nation, just east of where 9
crosses the river. We travelled as far as we could east along
concession road 12, a hundred metres north of that bridge, and heard
an even louder cacophony coming from the adjacent fields, where there
were about equal numbers of CAGO and snow geese arriving in flocks of
hundreds as the light faded.
We await reports from Plaisance.
Geof, Anne, Emma Burbidge, Marc-Andre Lafontaine, Chelsea QC
To access this area from HWY 417 east of Ottawa, go north on 9 from
the St Isadore exit, and continue through St. Isadore towards the
north. The road still may be officially closed but it should be
passable as you approach the bridge where road 9 crosses the South
Nation River. Once over the bridge it is an immediate right on
Concession 12.
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