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Snow Goose Reports
'25 - '26 Snow Goose Migration Reports
January 29th, 2026
Geese at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers!
This report’s data suggests the majority of snow geese have staged in the upper ends of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV), with the highest relative concentrations of snow geese at present at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in southern Illinois.
It is worth noting this dataset is a combination of pre-and-post-storm snow goose populations, and we believe it is likely that with this ongoing thaw that geese will move into new habitat (likely to the south) as it becomes available.
Be sure to submit your snow goose observation reports and help us track the migration as it occurs!
January 16th, 2026
Snows in the middle Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Arkansas numbers strong.
This week’s report garnered less submissions than our inaugural report, with around 50 reports submitted from 16 different states.
This report’s data suggests the majority of snow geese are still hanging around the middle extents of the Mississippi River and the northern Mississippi Alluvial Valley.
The highest relative concentrations of snow geese at present are between St. Louis, Missouri and Dyer County, Tennessee.
Be sure to submit your snow goose observation reports and help us track the migration as it occurs!
January 7th, 2026
Snows in the middle Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Arkansas numbers strong.
In our inaugural snow goose follower feedback report of this season, we received nearly 150 reports from 29 states.
This report’s data suggests the majority of snow geese have made it to the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, with strong concentrations along the middle stretch of the Mississippi River and the lower Ohio River.
Interestingly enough, aside from a few reports out of Colorado and the Delaware / Maryland region, reporting outside of the Mississippi Flyway was sparse, and many of the reports that were submitted outside of this flyway were of low observation counts.
The highest relative concentrations of snow geese at present are in the bootheel of Missouri, and in central Arkansas.
Be sure to submit your snow goose observation reports and help us track the migration as it occurs!
'24 - '25 Snow Goose Migration Reports
February 10th, 2025
Many reports of snow geese moving out of their wintering ground, and beginning their northward migration.
It comes as no surprise to us that since the regular duck season is over, the flow of data our way has substantially decreased. Still, between our usual migration data, user-submitted verifiable migration reports, and the qualitative-based observation reports, this iteration of our Snow Goose “Follower Feedback” map had just shy of 50 datapoints.
In a shift we were able to witness ourselves during some travels, it would appear the bulk of the snow geese in Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) have begun their northward migration in the past week or so, with a shift noted out of Arkansas and into Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois.
Additionally, there were sparse, yet respectable reports from California, Kansas, Louisiana, and in the bays of the east coast.
January 10th, 2025
Snow geese continue to build in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV), with decent pockets in PA, eastern KS and NW MO, and pockets of central CA.
Before getting to the report itself, we want to make known that we are experimenting with how we generate the “Follower Feedback” map visualization to ensure it is representative of the underlying data, so this report may look a little different than in the past.
Between our usual migration data, user-submitted verifiable migration reports, and the qualitative-based observation reports, this iteration of our Snow Goose “Follower Feedback” map had over 125 datapoints.
As has been the case all season long, it should come as no surprise that a large portion of the user-submitted observations came from the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV).
Presently, the largest concentration of snow geese is in the stretch of the LMAV between Mt. Vernon, IL and Pine Bluff, AR.
Additionally, there were sparse, yet respectable reports of fair concentrations of snow geese in PA on the east coast, eastern Kansas and northwest Missouri, and in pockets of central California out west.
For clarification, these reports are a combination of that data and non-authoritative qualitative data submitted from our followers.
December 28th, 2024
Snow geese are moving south, with the highest relative concentrations in the bootheel of Missouri and in northeast Arkansas.
In this iteration of our “follower feedback” map, we received nearly 70 responses from across the country, with the data suggesting some old news, and some new news as well.
First, of all of the reports and datapoints we have displayed on this map, the vast majority of them represent Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Even at face value, the concentration of reporting being from this relatively small 4-state area is telling.
The highest relative concentrations of snow geese are presently in the stretch of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley between Vandalia, Illinois and Stuttgart, Arkansas.
Additionally, while not nearly as widespread as the reports from the aforementioned region along the Mississippi, there were more isolated reports of decent concentrations of snows in the Sac Valley of California, in certain parts of Oklahoma, and especially along the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays of the east coast.
Also, be sure to submit your snow goose observation reports and help us track the migration as it occurs!
For clarification, these reports are a combination of that data and non-authoritative qualitative data submitted from our followers.
December 17th, 2024
Snow geese are moving south, with the highest relative concentrations in the bootheel of Missouri and in northeast Arkansas.
In this iteration of our “follower feedback” map, we received nearly 150 responses from across the country with observation dates ranging between the 7th and 16th of December.
In our inaugural snow goose follower feedback report data suggests that while there are modest pockets of snows in ares such as the Sac Valley of California, along the Ohio River, in north Kansas, eastern South Dakota, and along the coast in south Louisiana and Texas.
The highest relative concentrations of snow geese are clearly in the bootheel of Missouri, and in Northeast Arkansas.
Also, be sure to submit your snow goose observation reports and help us track the migration as it occurs!
For clarification, these reports are a combination of that data and non-authoritative qualitative data submitted from our followers.
Follow the Migration
About our “Follower Feedback” Maps
While our Migration Map and other applications are backed by scientific counts and calculations, sometimes nothing compares to the power of shared information. Infrequently throughout the season—particularly the early teal season and Conservation Order snow goose season—we may reach out to our community and inquire about their observations from the field and share what we’ve gathered. Sometimes we share just the field reports, other times we try to incorporate other data, including the more authoritative data from our migration database. Either we, we denote the nature of the dataset in the image of the migration report. We’ve dubbed these our “Follower Feedback” maps.
The bulk of the data of these maps is received through surveys sent to our followers and users where relative concentrations of waterfowl is sought down to the county and state level. We aren’t asking for information about anyone’s secret honey hole—just whether or not their in your “neck of the woods”.
If you’d like to get involved, submit a report via this link.
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