[Ontbirds] Snow Geese - Glengarry County

2010-03-16 Thread Martin Bowman
Hi, Further to Brian Morin's post, I would estimate that 10,000 to 15,000 Snow Geese (inc a smattering of blues) flew overhead eastwards along Cedar Grove Road, northeast of Williamstown between 11 a.m. and noon. This is one concession north of where Brian reported thousands of birds. This w

[Ontbirds]Snow Geese: Glengarry County

2008-03-22 Thread Martin Bowman
Tonight (Mar 22nd) near 7 p.m. there were 3 small flocks of Snow Geese flying over the 401 between the Quebec border and kilometer 820 . . a total of about 500 birds . . .there is still more than 2 feet of snow on the ground here and temperatures are below freezing . . . this is my first sighti

[Ontbirds]Snow Geese Glengarry County

2005-04-03 Thread Martin Bowman
About 1400 Snow Geese and a small number of Canada Geese have just settled on the fields south of my house on Cedar Grove Road, northwest of Williamstown - a great sight from a living room! The birds are visible from Cedar Grove Road just west of Schoolhouse Road. Cedar Grove Road runs west f

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese Glengarry County

2004-04-14 Thread Martin Bowman
A major flight of Snow Geese was taking place over South Glengarry Township in Glengarry County at around 6:00 p.m. tonight. There were thousands of birds (at least 10,000 I hazard to estimate) in three major groups. In the glinting sun of evening light, they made for an awesome spectacle. Of

[Ontbirds] Snow Geese Glengarry County

2004-03-28 Thread Martin Bowman
A small flock of Snow Geese (with only one evident darker bird) flew over Cedar Grove Road yesterday March 27th. Another larger flock of perhaps 300 birds flew over this afternoon Sunday, March 28th. There were no dark birds in this flock. First Killdeer and Song Sparrows of the year were se