About Snow Goose at Ottawa Vally area.
Snow Goose This species is becoming more common in Eastern Ontario in the last few years, with tens of thousands being seen each year from Cornwall north through the eastern portion of the Ottawa Checklist Circle and areas to the immediate east of it. Usually a few thousand gather in the spring at
Cobbs Lake Creek at Russell Road (Bourget), the
South Nation River North of Riceville and some of Eastern Ontario's sewage lagoons and adjacent fields such as Alexandria, Maxville,
Alfred and
Chesterville. A few, sometimes hundreds, at
Bear Brook at Milton Road in the spring. And a few at
Ottawa Beach and the
Moodie Drive Quarry Ponds in the fall. In December of 2006-07, unusually warm conditions appeared to delay the flight southward of these birds and one of the largest flocks (c. 30,000 - Dec. 23-24) ever seen in the area, frequented the local sewage lagoons and corn fields around Casselman, St. Isadore, St. Albert, Maxville and Alfred. The largest flock reported, so far, near the Ottawa Circle, was one of around 50,000 seen on Apr. 17, 2008 along the South Nation River north of St. Isadore and east of County Road 9 (see the
South Nation River North of Riceville page).