An Easter cold front is in store for much of the upper Midwest this weekend. Falling temps and possible snowfall across the region has hopes running high that the snow goose migration will remain on the US side of the border for at least a few more days.
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Spring is here for sure. Ducks and geese are in the early stages of nesting in much of the US and a few fluffy hatchlings have already been spotted in the southern reaches of waterfowl nesting areas.
Want more proof? Just spend a few days around your fellow waterfowlers. Around the site and out and about waterfowlers tend to get a bit restless this time of year. The counts aren’t in, the new catalogs are still a few months off and the temperatures are heading the wrong direction. With that in mind we would like to remind all our users to try to keep their spring fever in check, at least on the forums.
Around the WFC offices spring is a hectic time; lining up give-aways, finding new ProShop items and securing more benefits for our members. Simply put, time spent putting out fires takes away from all of us in the “new goodies” department. We want everyone to have fun, but we also know that our members appreciate the effort we put forth to bring them the best the waterfowling world has to offer. So thanks for helping out by doing your part to lighten our monitoring requirements.
And now, on to the Migration Report.
It looks like there might be a back up at the border crossings this weekend—for snow geese, anyway. A spring cold snap is driving down out of Canada and temps for much of the light goose exit route will fall well below normal as the weekend arrives. Some areas of the Dakotas are even expecting snow before the Easter Bunny arrives.
Although reports are already placing a significant number of geese well into Canada, the upcoming front should stall the exodus of light geese from the US and has the potential to stack them up thick in the central to northern portions North Dakota.
No doubt, warmer weather will return. But if you have the chance, this weekend looks prime for some conservation work near the US and Canadian border.
