Well not usually, but across the prairies, central Canada and the maritimes it certainly seems like it this year.
It’s now officially spring, and the migrating geese had begun to return, but in at least one location, they changed their minds and headed back south.
Ken Cudmore is the site and wildlife manager, at a wildlife preserve called Fort Whyte Alive in Winnipeg Manitoba. He said the site’s expected flock of about 200 Canada geese showed up for spring, but soon found it too cold, and flew back south. He said he’s never seen anything like in his 30 years there.
He says geese normally follow the disappearing snowline on their annual migration north. There were a few nicer days last week and a south wind and he thinks that might have leds the birds into thinking it was time to head north for the spring
What they found though was the open water they expect and need, was still completely frozen over in temperatures down to 20 degrees below normal.
Meanwhile on the eastern side of Canada, the maritime provinces are bracing for a massive storm in the next 24 hours. It’s expected to dump from 25 to 50cm of snow and wind gusts up to 120km/h in some areas.
There is some light, or perhaps warmth on the horizon. This weekend, for the first time in many months the temperature in southern regions of Ontario, Quebec and the maritimes will actually go above zero during the day.
Wherever you are in the world, if you hear a collective cheer in a few days, its’ probably coming from millions of Canadians in those areas.
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