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Getting to Lower Rose Bay via Truro and Windsor is definitely not the route=
of choice, but it produced some good sights today.
First, this afternoon I was able to locate the Ross's Goose documented by I=
an McLaren in October. It was with a flock of about 200 Canadas at the W en=
d, the dead end, of Redden Road, which runs off Hwy 14 just W of Windsor. =
This flock has been using the area for some time, but in inaccessible field=
s. Today the flock was just SE of the end of Redden Road, easily scopeable =
from an expanded parking area there.
Earlier in the day in the Onslow area there was some pretty impressive goos=
e activity. I guestimated about 4000 Canadas, most of them in Onslow on the=
Salmon River or in nearby fields and S of the Shore Road in Masstown. For =
a time during the morning flocks of geese were flying in all directions. Ne=
w ones appeared to be arriving on the brisk and very cold NW wind. I found =
the resident Pink-footed Goose first thing with Canadas near Board Landing =
Road and later saw it on the river near the South Tidal Bore Road and in fi=
elds W of the North Tidal Bore Road. There was no sign of the long-staying =
Barnacle Goose, but it could easily have stayed hidden in the masses of Can=
adas on rough ground or been in I flock I didn't detect. I'm sure I didn't =
miss it in flight.
Other species included flocks of Horned Larks and a light Rough-legged Hawk=
in Onslow and a fine adult male Northern Harrier near the goose flock at t=
he end of Redden Road, Windsor.
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay, NS
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Getting to Lower Rose Bay via Truro and Windsor is definitely not the route=
of choice, but it produced some good sights today.
<br>
<br>
First, this afternoon I was able to locate the Ross's Goose documented by I=
an McLaren in October. It was with a flock of about 200 Canadas at the W en=
d, the dead end, of Redden Road, which runs off Hwy 14 just W of Wind=
sor. This flock has been using the area
for some time, but in inaccessible fields. Today the flock was just SE of =
the end of Redden Road, easily scopeable from an expanded parking area ther=
e.
<br>
<br>
Earlier in the day in the Onslow area there was some pretty impressive goos=
e activity. I guestimated about 4000 Canadas, most of them in Onslow on the=
Salmon River or in nearby fields and S of the Shore Road in Masstown. For =
a time during the morning flocks
of geese were flying in all directions. New ones appeared to be arriving o=
n the brisk and very cold NW wind. I found the resident Pink-footed Goose f=
irst thing with Canadas near Board Landing Road and later saw it on the riv=
er near the South Tidal Bore Road
and in fields W of the North Tidal Bore Road. There was no sign of the lon=
g-staying Barnacle Goose, but it could easily have stayed hidden in the mas=
ses of Canadas on rough ground or been in I flock I didn't detect. I'm sure=
I didn't miss it in flight.<br>
<br>
Other species included flocks of Horned Larks and a light Rough-legged Hawk=
in Onslow and a fine adult male Northern Harrier near the goose flock at t=
he end of Redden Road, Windsor.
<br>
<br>
Eric L. Mills<br>
Lower Rose Bay, NS<br>
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