I wasn't expecting it just yet but yesterday I found the first fall flock of Greater Snow Geese west of St. Isidore. It wasn't a main flock, only about 300-350 birds, but enough to indicate that the movement had begun. There was only one blue morph. It was late in the day and the birds were heading into a field north of Cty Rd 3 on Villeneuve Rd. They only remained there about 15 minutes and weren't all that interested in feeding on corn stubble. They had followed a flock of Canadas and seemed more interested in just hanging out until sunset. They left as the Canadas did. This is the fifth year in a row that the birds begin to arrive close to Halloween. Prior to that it was usually a couple of weeks earlier. The normal routine is to twice a day head to feed in fields of corn stubble then return to either a river or lagoon nearby. Most corn is still standing so options for feeding are currently limited. Unlike 10-15 years ago, geese spend little time on the sod farm property east of Casselman off Hwy 138. Checking areas north and south of Hwy 417 east of Casselman from this weekend on could produce results but 10 days from now should be good. Look within about 5-10 km from lagoons and rivers. Brian Morin Cornwall