With the formation of water on top of the ice of Staines Pond, the geese which come in in late afternoon and spend the night on the pond are landing on the ice itself and spreading out. This enabled me to easily spot two CACKLING GEESE on the ice, markedly smaller than the surrounding CANADA GEESE and with very small bills.
Directions: Staines Pond is at the SE corner of Morningside Ave. and Staines Road in Scarborough. Mark Kubisz, Scarborough, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
