Steve Mirick found the barnacle at about 4pm on the Vermont side of the
river on Riverside Rd. It was feeding in a corn field with a large flock
of canadas.
It flew over to the ice on the Hinsdale roost at about 6.30 that
evening.
Steve and I counted the waterfowl roost and had:
Canadas 4000
Snow geese 34
Barnacle goose 1
Green-winged teal 226
Ring-necked duck 87
Gadwall 6
Wigeon 10
Lesser scaup 1
Greater scaup 10
Bufflehead 4
Pintail 44
Black duck 220
Mallard 102
Wood duck 68
Common merganser 12
Hooded merganser 12
Common goldeneye 33
Also - tree swallow about 50, saw-whet owl - 1, and hundreds of
"blackbirds" (redwings and grackles) flying north up the river.
Hector Galbraith PhD
Galbraith Environmental Sciences LLC
837 Camp Arden Rd., Dummerston, VT05301
802 258 4836 (phone)