People have been wondering where the birds are and there is no good answer.
The sod fields along Lafleche Rd east of Casselman have failed to yield
birds on multiple passes since the large movement 10 days ago. About 1,000+
were in harvested cornfields northeast of Hwy 417 and Hwy 138. Another
As I was passing by the favoured resting area east of Casselman late this
morning I didn't see any Snow Geese on the sod fields. There was a small
flock north of Monkland on Hwy 138. From Hwy 417 about a km west of Hwy 138
I noted a number of them on the field south of the road not far from the
They are late but a large flock has finally arrived. At noon today and for
90 minutes afterwards flocks of Snow Geese, mostly Greater Snows but with
some Lessers settled in to the sod farm east of Casselman. By the time I
left there were about 35,000 present with another 5000 northeast of St.
Rose
For the last two weeks there has been a slow build up of Snow Geese east of
Casselman (25 minutes east of Ottawa). The majority are Greaters but there
are also Lesser Snow Geese as well. Today we had about 5000 on the sod farm
in two distinct areas (there are fields further west). Feeding on short
They're back. I was hoping that after the initial movement through to
Quebec that some of the birds would return, and they have. I heard that the
floodplain along the South Nation River at Fournier has a very large number
of birds, likely larger than the total of the initial flocks we had seen
The movement of mostly Greater Snow Geese has temporarily calmed. The main
flight left a week ago and flocks that held back have been a few thousand
here and there in areas north of the St. Lawrence. We could see some geese
retrace their flight from Quebec back into Ontario in the next week or
A check of the Riceville floodplain showed large flocks of Snow Geese
(mostly Greater) tightly huddled together braving the high wind. The cold
temperature overnight and for much of the morning kept the birds from
feeding (new ice had formed over a lot of the shallow water) but around
noon some
Following Bruce Di Labio's report of Snow Geese yesterday on the Riceville
floodplain north of St. Isidore, the number of Snows mushroomed today. I
had about 125,000 in three flocks but all within a relatively close area.
This is the largest 'inland' flock we've had and much larger than normal
Further to Bruce and Ben’s post — I must say I feel like an April Fool for my
March 27th broadcast of doubt re: significant flooding east of Ottawa this
spring. The Bear Brook and Cobb’s Lake Creek areas are now truly flooded and
hosting spectacular numbers of Canada Geese as well as increasing
Hi everyone
This morning in the Riceville-Bourget- Pendleton area there were up to 25,000
Greater Snow Geese and another 20,000 east of Fournier. Amazing sight watching
large flocks in flight and landing. Also 4 Ross’s Geese and 15 Tundra Swans.
Lots of action.
Good birding and Happy Easter,
Full Stop. Following yesterday's significant rain and clearing this
morning, westerly winds picked up and took the geese back on their journey.
While a small number of birds flew over the site east of Lancaster they
landed in the middle of the river. At noon a larger flock of a few thousand
I'll do a followup detailed post late tonight but for anyone planning to
check out the Snow Geese east of Lancaster at Westley's Point tomorrow,
don't show up until late in the morning or early afternoon. There may be no
geese there at all first thing. More later.
Brian Morin
Somehow the main flight of Snow Geese arrived yesterday, unannounced. The
birds showed up east of South Lancaster at Westley's Point, the same
location as the big flight of 2011. Ice conditions are very similar to what
they were back then which is great. An absense of ice means there is no
reason
Greater Snow Geese have arrived en masse as of the weekend, a full two
weeks earlier than expected and record early in large numbers. Another
large flight may take place by next week. There is virtually no ice on the
St. Lawrence and little or no snow in the southern part of the United
Counties of
On Sunday afternoon the sod farm east of Casselman, well known for hosting
rare geese last fall, was blanketed by a good-sized flock of about 25,000
Greater Snow Geese. This is likely a large percentage of the birds
remaining in Eastern Ontario. The geese may frequent this area and points
along
The movements of Snow Geese continue to confound birders here. It is a
feast or famine situation with good numbers appearing in an area one day
and few the next or even an hour later.
The following are key locations to check this weekend.
Cobbs Lake Creek east of Bourget has had large numbers of
The large flocks of Greater Snow Geese have arrived east of Casselman. On
Tuesday I had at least 35,000 on the sod farm. There was only one other
small flock located at St. Isidore so anyone looking for the birds would
head to this location. Last year the numbers here maxed out above 60,000.
The
There are fewer Greater Snow Geese today than yesterday and most birds were
observed on the river. Checking Cty Rd 34 south of Green Valley revealed a
couple of thousand with another few thousand along Cty Rd 34 north of
Lancaster. There is still a very substantial flock at Westney Point along
the
The large number of Greater Snow Geese reported in the far eastern portion
of Ontario on Sunday are still present, split into several areas. Hans
vanderZweep and I encountered multiple flocks today totalling about
125,000. Concessions a few kilometres north of Lancaster had flocks of
varying sizes
Today's report of a large number of blue morph Snow Geese along with a
similar report last week at Winchester are indicative of the migration of
Lesser Snow Geese through Eastern Ontario. Beginning just a few years ago,
a significant number of Lessers, the same birds that appear in southern
A number of people have wondered about the lack of postings on the annual
major flight of Greater Snow Geese, which numbers in the tens of thousands.
This is distinct from the ongoing sighting of a small number of Lesser Snow
Geese in southern Ontario. The geese pulled a fast one on us. Our birds
Hi birders,
We had a major stream of snow geese from 7:20 to 7;27 of skein after skein
heading east here in Ingleside .Guesstimate 6-7000 in total. The early sun on
the black and white geese was surreal.
Hans van der Zweep
Ingleside is south of the 401 about 30 km. west of Cornwall ,Ontario
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