Since April 15th, Portugal Cove South has been hosting some avian celebrities from the East, namely four Barnacle Geese (above) and six European Golden-Plovers. “The Geese were probably enroute from their wintering grounds in western Ireland to their breeding area in eastern Greenland when they got blown off course,” said Richard Thomas, who took this photo. “Together with other Barnacle Geese and Black-tailed Godwits on the Bonavista Peninsula and several other species, they are part of a significant incursion of European vagrants that has got the Province’s birders and bird photographers very excited. As I write, the four Geese in PCS are still around. Hopefully they’ll find their way back to where they should be at this time of year. Photo courtesy of Richard Thomas