My report earlier today suggested that we were having an initial movement of Greater Snow Geese flying east over Cornwall. I watched smaller flocks following this then later in the afternoon the movement shifted to the north end of the city and a steady stream of birds began to move through. By 4:30 the migration dam broke. Over a period of about 45 minutes I counted 15,000 additional birds, bringing my own day total to well over 21,000, plus the 4-6000 that were reported flying over the Apple Hill area this morning and an additional 1000+ over Winchester. I did not seen the entire movement, which began well before I headed north and continued after I left. It is likely that the number of birds that moved across the region today is much higher than this total. There are no reports of birds settling yet.
Brian Morin Cornwall _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
