Around noon today there were 2500+ Snow Geese in the sod fields at the
corner of Highway 138 and Lafleche Road, just south of Highway 417. There
were some blue morphs in the group. There was a large flock on each side of
Lafleche Road, one mixed with Canada Geese and the other mixed with Canada
Geese and gulls.
Later in the afternoon around 4:00 pm, there were 80+ Sandhill Cranes in the
fields off Smith Road just west of Milton Road (opposite house # 612).
Initially we spotted a small group, then a larger group, then more flew in
to join the larger group. They were quite a distance from the road but
could be viewed with binoculars and even better with scopes. Two Snow Geese
(one a blue morph) were among the Canada Geese in the same fields. We were
not able to locate the Hudsonian Godwit last reported in the fields at Smith
and Milton roads on October 19th.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa ON
Directions to Snow Geese: From Highway 417 (Queensway) take exit 58
(Highway 138 S / Moose Creek). Proceed South on Highway 138 and the sod
fields are immediately on the right/West side of the Highway. Turn right at
the first street, Lafleche Road (no exit), for good viewing location.
Directions To Sandhill Cranes: From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96
(Boundary Road). Proceed 2.0 km NNW on Boundary Road to Russell Road
(Regional 26). Turn right or ESE onto Russell and drive 3.5 km to Milton
Road (Regional 31). Turn left or NNW on Milton and drive about 5 km to Smith
Rd. Turn left on Smith Rd and check the fields on the South side of Smith
Road near # 612.
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