This will be a very short post just to update those of you who have been wanting to see the snow geese in Box Elder County, Utah. This morning, I came across a small flock of snow geese about 50 yards from the road.
I stopped and took a few photos and this short video showing the snow geese very close to the road in great viewing position.
The spring snow goose hunt is over and the geese seem to be settling down, making themselves more visible for bird watching for the short time they will be here.
I am not certain how long the snow geese will hang around with this warm, spring-like weather as I am already seeing tundra swans migrate north each and every evening.
I am assuming the snow geese will follow suit and quite possibly migrate out of here a bit earlier than usual because of the warmer, drier weather we are having.
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That said, I am thinking now it the best time to see the snow geese before the do eventually head north.
I only saw this smaller flock of snow geese this morning, which is very small to the usual sightings I see this time of year, but I did hear a much larger flock further south so I am certain this was only a small portion of the total number of birds still in the area.
The snow geese typically feed very early in the morning, starting around sunrise, and also very late in the day, around 2 hours or so before sunset.
In between those times, the geese roost out on a private lake which is not visible or accessible by the public, but during those feeding frenzies, like this morning, oftentimes the geese are in an agricultural field only a few yards away from a public road.
The general area they use is the small farming town of Corinne, Utah. They move around a lot from field to field so the actual location is quite impossible to pinpoint as they don’t stay in one field for very long.
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But, however, the geese are not hard to find if you get there while they are leaving the roost and follow the large white clouds of birds out to feed, either early morning or late evening.
The general locations I am seeing them is around 6400 west and 2400 north, a couple miles west of the actual town of Corinne, Utah, but all the farm fields in this community can attract the geese so getting there early and just following them to a field is the easiest way to locate them.
Their daily roost is about due west from this farming area (I’ve included a map below of the roosting spot but keep in mind it’s not publicly accessible but rather just a starting point to find and follow the geese out to feed) so keeping an eye on the area westward is the best way to see the bird take flight out to feed.
They usually get up in small to moderate sized flocks and head out eastward or even a bit northward to find a field to feed in.
I’ve included the map below of their roosting location, a private lake with no public access or viewing, just to show the general location of the birds.
From this spot, they usually fly towards the fields of Corinne to feed, and anywhere in this general location to the east and sometimes north of this roosting location can be used by the snow geese.
Once I see the geese in the air coming off of this roosting location, I just follow them and see which field they will be feeding in for the day.
Sometimes they use a field not very viewable from the road, but other times, like this morning, for example, they can be within a few short yards of a public road so it varies from day to day.
Anyways, I will keep updating for those who are interested in seeing the spring snow goose migration, both here on my blog and on my YouTube channel as well, so feel free to subscribe to my blog and follow my YouTube channel for updates.
