snakeman4 135 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 a few pics from my morning walk down the niagara parkway this morning. managed to find a field loaded with snow geese as well on my way home. Lots of goldeneye on the river right now. knightfisher, Bubba14, kgm and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smerchly 2,740 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Nice shots of the waterfowl ...never seen so many snow geese on land ! The River is a bird watchers paradise , a good place to spot the beautiful white egrets as well . Are those 3 birds mergansers ?Do you see many cormorants since there's plenty of bait fish ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler0420 849 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Nice pics snakeman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
basscrazy 23 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 (edited) Those three are mergansers, hard to tell from the photo but I believe those to be swans not snow geese. Cormorants are early migrators, and for the most part are gone. Although fishing the upper in the summer there were thousands. cheers Edited January 4 by basscrazy dave524 and boogaloo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smerchly 2,740 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 9 hours ago, basscrazy said: I believe those to be swans not snow geese. Might be a mix of both by looking at the neck length . There are a few mallards hanging around Port Dal today .....some kind of duck convention going on .....what a racket !! Tyler0420 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba14 189 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 And not a mask in sight... smerchly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smerchly 2,740 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/5/2021 at 6:55 AM, Bubba14 said: And not a mask in sight... That's because they are dining and the masks can come off ..... Bubba14 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
genec 257 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Maybe they are discussing whether to fly south, or stay here for the winter and avoid all the Trump quacks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave524 156 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Nice pics, 50 plus years ago did that drive with my parents often and dad had a high power spotting scope. My favourite was watching the otters on Navy Island, no Comorants back then. Think those are all swans, snow geese are only slightly bigger than a mallard and swans are bigger than Canadas. smerchly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smerchly 2,740 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) 3 hours ago, genec said: Maybe they are discussing whether to fly south, or stay here for the winter and avoid all the Trump quacks! The trumpeters have a later migration it seems .....taken from the Google Geeks.....quite similar to mute swans... copy/pasted quote ...... Spring migration for the Pacific Coast Population begins in mid- to late February, depending on the weather. By mid-March most Trumpeters have disappeared from the coast, not to appear on the Alaskan breeding grounds until mid- to late April. After the swans leave the estuaries, they cross the Coast Mountains. Dave .....not too many years ago we didn't see many ducks , geese or swans wintering over at Port Dalhousie . Three or four years ago Port harbour was completely frozen over and the same waterfowl above were crammed on the ice there . It was bitter cold and they were being fed as there was no accessible food for them . At least the niagara river has open water as some parts of the Gibson system . The ducks stay because people feed them year round . Edited January 6 by smerchly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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