Full Stop. Following yesterday's significant rain and clearing this morning, westerly winds picked up and took the geese back on their journey. While a small number of birds flew over the site east of Lancaster they landed in the middle of the river. At noon a larger flock of a few thousand appeared from the north, likely having been feeding but before they reached Hwy 401 they headed east and were high. Snow Geese in migration usually fly high. All of that flock headed downriver to Quebec. There were no flocks in fields to the north and even the Canada Goose numbers were way down. That show is over. About 5,000 Snows were seen in the Casselman area earlier this morning. There are some birds at Green Valley on Cty Rd 34.
>From here the main flight is done but in the next few weeks we'll see flocks of a few thousand at a time appear at verious sites between the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa River. In mid to late April we may see a secondary flight of Lesser Snow Geese, but in the thousands not 10s of thousands. We normally have about 40,000 + Greaters heading into May. Brian Morin _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
