Re: [Ontbirds] Schomberg barnacle goose: no

2018-03-31 Thread Steve Kinsley via ONTBIRDS
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

[Ontbirds] Schomberg barnacle goose: no

2018-03-30 Thread rrhonda rat via ONTBIRDS
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

[Ontbirds] Schomberg barnacle goose still present

2018-03-17 Thread cmcheatle via ONTBIRDS
for anyone who had to wait and hope it stayed to the weekend the bird is still present. currently feeding on the dirt area in front of the community centre. Off Dillane road.  Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the

[Ontbirds] Schomberg Barnacle Goose - Yes

2018-03-14 Thread Quinten Wiegersma via ONTBIRDS
Bit of a delayed message, but I just got home. This evening the Barnacle Goose was present at the Schomberg Sewage Lagoons (5 Dillane Drive, behind the Trisan Centre) It flew in with a few hundred Canada Geese around 6:50 pm, and looked quite content, so it will likely be there in the