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Post by hank on Jan 15, 2023 22:23:02 GMT -8
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Post by Randy on Jan 16, 2023 10:14:59 GMT -8
Nice Hank. It's always nice to know where the sighting was. Can you let us know?
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Post by janice on Jan 17, 2023 21:24:33 GMT -8
On January 15 my husband and I also saw a huge flock of snow geese in a field on Vye Road near York. We turned on to York to get a better look when they suddenly all rose up and flew over
our vehicle. It was quite a thrill to be underneath thousands of clamoring snow geese and not have to worry about being bombed with you-know-what. They flew off toward the south west.
Janice
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Post by erik on Jan 21, 2023 14:10:45 GMT -8
From a distance, I often get snow geese and trumpeter swans mixed up. But when they get closer, it's pretty easy to tell the difference. It's not every day you have a brass band flying 10 metres above your head. I live on Hatzic Island and sometimes at night, when they're returning to Hatzic Lake from gleaning the shorn Abbotsford corn fields and it's getting late at night and they're obviously sneaking in silently, I can hear their wings swishing against the air as they fly by so close to the ground I can almost touch them. I love the trumpet and trombone impressions they make but the swishing air beats are special because you have to listen for them.
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Post by Ben on Jan 21, 2023 14:38:03 GMT -8
I had about 2300 or so on Fadden road south of Vye yesterday. I think that's probably the most I've ever had in the valley (by a fair chunk). First there were 800-1000 that flew into the field and then about 10 minutes later, while still watching and counting, another 1300-1500 flew in (resulting in some more watching and counting  ) Edit: (I was just reminded that back in 2021 I actually had 3800 SNGO in east Chilliwack, so I guess my former statement was slightly off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) |
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Post by Chris on Jan 21, 2023 18:45:54 GMT -8
They were in a similar location today.
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Post by kenneth2019 on Jan 25, 2023 14:13:39 GMT -8
I am currently at Fadden Rd South of Vye. Snow Geese are here, I have tried to count and can only say Chris's count may be lower than what is here now.
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Post by expiallyd on Jan 26, 2023 11:09:02 GMT -8
Same location this morning -- Fadden Road just south of Vye, and right next to the road. I would say at least 2500, noisy and actively feeding. Lovely to see!
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Post by hank on Jan 31, 2023 20:52:46 GMT -8
 031 by henry wall, on Flickr  033 by henry wall, on Flickr Monday Jan 30 2023. This was half of the Snow Geese that came back Monday afternoon. Looking east from South Whatcom rd Abbotsford. |
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