Bassmaster Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Decided to take the day off from tinkering with electronics yesterday so I went down to Lasalle to see if the huge gathering of ducks were still there, they weren't but a large crowd of trumpeter and I'm guessing mute swans were all at the dock, some had tags on them, not sure about the significance of that. Lastly took a picture of this huge ice chunk that was left on the bike trail after all that rain we had and the Grand River flooded here in Brantford: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTine Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Great pics! Ill be seeing those honkers Feb 28, opening day of the late goose season Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Im thinking if you search the net you might find a site where you can enter tag #s and find out where they were when tagged or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 The swans with the orange bills and the bumps are the non native mute swans and the ones with the black bills are the Trumpeters. The bird lovers feed them corn by the the bushel full. Before it froze over there was probably a thousand birds there , swans, geese , ducks of all sorts and a parking lot full of birders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 A pair of swans passed over me today no more than ten feet above my head . The unique "swooshing" sound from their wings will catch your attention if you didn't see them first ! The geese look small in comparison to those huge swans and it's nice to see them while enjoying your fishing day . All these waterfowl have had some very cold nasty weather to contend with but they somehow survive . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunder Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 I want to start off by saying you've posted some great shots and it's not my intention to 'pop your bubble' here but... There are so many swans, ducks and geese down there that the smell and guano can get bad quickly due to people feeding them even though there are sign posts saying don't. It's impossible to not walk through bird fecces and get it all over my shoes and gear on the marina when fishing there. It's a health hazzard. I know it's not the fault of the birds. I hope that people will wise up and let the birds follow thier natural path by not feeding them any longer. I'm sure both the birds and people will benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmaster Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I hear ya about signs saying don't feed the birds, thing is people have been doing it for as long as I have been around and will continue to do so I guess it's something to do in the winter if ice fishing isn't your cup of tea. Just found the website where you can report sightings of the geese that have those yellow tags on their wings. http://www.wyemarsh.com/trumpeter.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 i see all kinds of trumpeters when hunting the Wye marsh. its pretty funny to see them drop into your decoy spread. do they ever make alot of noise when you are trying to call ducks in. as soon as you start calling they all go into frenzy mode and wont shut up. beautiful birds though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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