Locating birds has been a real challenge this spring. The large flock found
Sunday at Lancaster left.
Today we found the following:
250 on Cty rd 34 south of Green Valley.
Small number On Cty Rd 43 just west of Avonmore
11,000 on Cty rd 43 immediately east of Chesterville. This flock dwindled
by
Following a major push on Tuesday and a followup on Wednesday, no birds
were noted anywhere in Eastern Ontario today to our knowledge. Areas were
checked along the river and some points north, right into Montreal.
Thousands of Canadas did stick around across a broad region but not one
Snow Goose
After dozens to a few hundred birds appeared in recent days, the flood
gates opened today and thousands of birds made their way east along the St.
Lawrence from Iroquois through Lancaster. This is a couple of weeks later
than last year due to the late winter. Thousands of Canadas moved through
as
Since the major flight on Tuesday, smaller numbers continue to drift in
daily - a few thousand. With fields opening up, geese are heading north
from the St. Lawrence River to feed but precise locations have not yet been
identified. Yesterday I encountered small flocks totaling about 3000 birds
The spring movement has been a surprise in more ways than one. There was a
small flight of a few thousand birds early last week heading east over
Cornwall with a flock reported on the ground at Westley's Point which is 5
minutes west of Lancaster on the St. Lawrence River. No birds were
In addition to the positive post this evening from Peter Hall about the
large flock still near the Quebec border in a bay along south service rd.
east of Lancaster, another flock of 5000+ was seen on the Ottawa River at
L'Orignal on Saturday and Sunday as noted by Jacques Rochon, Président
Unfortunately, the majority of the birds have flown, heading east into
Quebec where they will link up with the balance of the migrating flocks
near Quebec City. On Friday morning, there was still a good flock present
off Westley's Point east of Lancaster but on Friday evening birds were
hard
The most recent sighting information is from this morning. From the most
regular viewing location at Westley's Point, a large flock was observed
offshore. The ice is out now so the birds will no longer be standing on
ice edges. This will make viewing individual birds more challenging but
will
. exit. Cornwall is 25 minutes
from the birds.
There is a McDonalds, Tim Horton's, Dairy Queen and gas 5 minutes from the
birds.
- Forwarded by Brian Morin/NOTES/PC/CA on 03/30/11 11:12 PM -
[Ontbirds] Greater Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario
Brian.Morin
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Ontario Birding
03/27/11
A number of people are interested in following up on last weekend's post
about the exceptionally high total of Greater Snow Geese along the St.
Lawrence River between Lancaster and the Quebec border. I don't know how
many are still present in the entire area but the number is very high
(over
Wow. That doesn't even come close to expressing what happened today from
Lancaster to the Quebec border on the St. Lawrence River. Adding up all of
the birds (as Tyler Hoar did) this was the largest concentration of
Greater Snow Geese ever in Ontario by a factor of almost five and adding
in
After last weekend's influx of Greater Snow Geese (50,000 +) the birds are
spreading out in the southern portion of the region. The flooded fields
along County Rd 34 near Green Valley have dried up quickly so this area is
no longer the draw that it was although birds may periodically land near
I must have had thoughts of warblers in my head when I mentioned late last
night that the first Greater Snow Geese arrived on May 11 (should be March
11). That would be closer to a departure date. I checked with my contact
at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in upstate New York this morning
To further Brian Morin's post earlier today, I first observed a large flock
(500) over the Finch-Chesterville corridor on March 11. The past few days the
Snow Geese have been prevalent on the South Nation River east of Chesterville
at the confluence of Kirby Creek. The field on the west side
If you have seen ANY Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario since late March please
respond to me privately.
Brian Morin
Cornwall
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There has been a good initial movement of birds today in two areas. About
4-6000 flew east over Apple Hill north of Cornwall early this morning and
another roughly 3-4000 flew over Cornwall this afternoon. No reports of
birds on the ground yet. Location details will be published when ground
The spring goose migration is winding down but there may still be
significant flocks of Greater Snow Geese at traditional locations in
Eastern Ontario. If you spot any this month, please e-mail me privately
with the location, date and if they are on the move, which direction they
are headed.
An
I received a report of a significant flock of Greater Snow Geese on the St.
Lawrence River right at the Ontario-Quebec boundary on Saturday. There were
well in excess of 10,000. I would appreciate receiving any reports of Snow
Goose sightings in Eastern Ontario. You can e-mail me privately.
There are still reports of hundreds to occasionally several thousand in the
area from Williamstown to east of Lancaster but the birds are unreliable.
Additional reports of several thousand came in from further north in the
Riceville - St. Isidore areas.
Information from the Montezuma National
A check of the Riceville-Fournier area today failed to turn up any Snow
Geese, although there were still scattered flocks of Canada Geese in fields
across a broad area. The South Nation River is back within its normal
channel and with over a week of warm weather, the birds may have moved on.
If
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