I believe it’s been about a week since it was last seen. As our York Region data reviewer for eBird said to me, its absence is fairly good evidence that it was in fact a genuine wild bird, not an escapee, since it appears to have pushed north with other migrant geese. That will ultimately be a final decision that the OBRC will have to make, though, regarding its legitimacy as a wild bird sighting by so many.
Steve Kinsley Queensville, ON. > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: rrhonda rat via ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > Date: March 30, 2018 at 11:33 PM > > > I was passing by Schomberg this afternoon around 4 pm so I stopped at the > Trisan Centre to look for the Barnacle Goose. I hoped that the lack of posts > since last weekend was because no one has looked for it. I spent about 40 > minutes checking the ponds and fields visible from the Trisan Centre but did > not see it. The gate to the sewage treatment plant was open but I did not > drive in because there is a no trespassing sign on the fence, so I don't know > if it was in the far pond. I didn't have time to search the many farms and > ponds in the area. Has anyone else looked it since last weekend? > > There were at least 5 Cackling Geese mixed in with the many Canada's, plus a > few Ring-necked Ducks. > > Rhonda > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > 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 > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
