Hi all! - especiallly 'winter listers' - this afternoon I headed up to Hullett
W.A. after spending close to $200 to sort out a missing cylinder at HMP in
Exeter. It was a good decision as I found 1 white morph Snow Goose with ~90
Canada on the main pond of the Wildfowl Sanctuary Area and a Northern Shrike
roadside.
The roads were quite muddy so I headed north to tne nearest pavement
and then west past #4 Hwy, north on Old Stone School and Maitland Line(1
Rough-legged Hawk) and south towards Varna, seeing occasional geese(all Canada)
in cut cornfields and in flight.
After turning west on Huron #13(Bayfield Rd) I saw 2 Red-tailed Hawk
and then less than 1 km before Potters Hill Line, I came upon ~500 geese on the
south side. I found a pair of Cackling and then a threesome hanging close
together at the back of the large field each side of a large white driveshed.
The single Greater White-fronted Goose was near the left side of the big door
of this shed.
A four goose day in about a 2 hour drive - cheers! and merry Xmas to
all! Maris
dIRECTIONS - Bayfield Road runs east off Hwy #21 to Clinton. Hullet Wildlife
Area is NE of Clinton accessible from Hwys #8 or #4.
Maris Apse, Box 22 B.O.P. RR 2 Grand Bend, ON N0M1T0
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