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| March 23rd, 2011 Snow Line |
SAND LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - ABERDEEN, SD
Reported that as of March 24, 2011, the first snow geese reached Sand Lake last weekend, but numbers in the area remain low. Most of the birds remain south and west of Aberdeen. We have received reports of good numbers of snow geese between Redfield and Huron, and in the Orient area. Large numbers of snow geese were also reported passing through the Mobridge area earlier in the week. They also reported that after the mid week snow storm, they received an additional 5 inches of snow so they now have around 10 - 12 inches on the ground and the same small bunches of snow geese that were in the area before the storm are in the area but no new birds have shown up since then. They also stated that all of the local lakes are still completely frozen over as well at this time.
LAKE ANDES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - LAKE ANDES, SD
Reported that as of March 17, 2011 they had seen a big migration push into the area starting last weekend with flock sizes in the tens of thousands. They stated that the migration on the refuge and in the immediate area lasted through Monday / Tuesday of this week and then the birds moved on. They have not seen any big numbers of snow geese since earlier this week.
MADISON COUNTRY WETLAND DISTRICT - SOUTH EAST, SD
Reported that as of March 24, 2011 they saw a massive migration into the area as of last weekend but with the snow storm that hit earlier in the week it pushed some of the bigger flocks back south. They stated that there are an estimated 100,000+ light geese still in the immediate area and that there are strong numbers of light geese that are pushing the snow line which runs all the way across Highway 34 to Huron at this time. They also noted that they received about 5 inches of snow from that storm and that it is already melting and the Sioux Falls area did not get any snow so there are still good numbers of light geese all the way south from there area at this time.
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