Date: 03/30/2005

Number: 1

Just when we thought it was over, they surprised us all. The 12,000 Greater
Snow Geese sighted earlier at two intervals were only the vanguard. At
3:00, another flock of 15,000 -17,000 flew almost overhead in long skeins,
wavy Vs and every flock description imaginable (It took almost 5 minutes
for the birds to pass). 15 minutes later, a second massive flock of 11,300
passed over but were towards the north end of the city and heading in a
northeasterly direction. This is the best chance for birds that might head
towards Alexandria or Riceville/Bourget. The day's total of approximately
40,000 birds equals the largest gathering of Snow Geese ever recorded in
Eastern Ontario, a flock on the ground north of Lancaster, photographed
from the air in 2001 by the Canadian Wildlife Service. To the best of our
knowledge, no birders saw that flock.

Contributed by Don Davis

Cornwall, ON

Latitude: 45 Longitude: -74.4

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