Good Birding, Bruce
Directions:(Snow Geese) Take Hwy 417 east of Casselman and exit at #58 and go south. Watch on the right for a white mass of geese.
Directions:(Sandhill Crane) From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 east to exit 96 . Go north for 2 km on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26). Turn right onto Russell and drive 3.5 km to Milton Road (Regional 31). Turn left on Milton Road and go about 2 km to the bridge and start looking as you head north!
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Prior to the mid 90's Greater Snow Geese were only reported in large numbers during spring migration in eastern Ontario.
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A close-up view of neck band A2A7. It's very important to record and report neck bands.
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Blue morph Greater Snow Goose.
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Heads up!
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Endless flocks of Greater Snow Geese.
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A few Snowy Owls have been reported east of Ottawa.
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1 comment:
Re: Snow Geese ... Where's Waldo? lol
Great photos of the Snowy Owl as well - my favourite is the last photo.
:)
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