Encouraged by reports of early Snowy Owl activity north of Montreal I did a circuit of the lanes around St-Clet after checking the pits. For locals looking, St-Julie is being dug up and frequently closes during the day. The bird was smack in the snowy triangle in the north corner of the fenced fields just right of the Ste-Julie – Ste-Marie junction. I took a photo at c600m range, my first excuse for the poor quality of today’s shots.
At the pits two Cackling Geese showed well if distant. I digiscoped them both, you can see the differences between them and the monster Canada Geese but not much else, only one set of shots were even approaching ‘bad record’ shot! Just to clarify, the Cackling Goose is the smaller, finer bird with the very triangular shaped bill, its the one flapping in the last shot. The white blob is a Snowy Owl and not a discarded carrier bag.
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