Late this afternoon there was a large flock of Canadas on the ice along hwy 2 at Long Sault (west of Cornwall) A good count put them at over 12,000. There were also 1,800 Greater Snow Geese with them in a single group and an additional 100 overhead closer to Cornwall.
The river is frozen on the Canadian side except for an area of fast water at Long Sault. The shipping channel (on the American side west of Cornwall) is now open but with broken ice. Brian Morin Cornwall Long Sault is just west of Cornwall along Hwy 2. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
