Bombay Hook: the months its manager gives for snow geese and the peak, the 2027 order suspension and directions to it.
The months and peaks are the site manager’s own, quoted and linked below with the day they were read.
Large numbers of Canada and Snow geese arrive.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
Peak of fall waterfowl migration. Common species include Canada geese, snow geese, (blue and white phases),U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
A pin takes a color only in the months the refuge or agency that runs it gives for snow geese. The shaded grid is where people have logged a verified snow or Ross’s goose on iNaturalist in October, in any year, brighter where more have been logged; it maps reports, so it thickens where observers stand.
ArrivingDelaware, October
October is snow goose season at Bombay Hook, peaking in November.
Snow geese, which are waterfowl, are known to migrate from the Arctic and form large flocks in Delaware each winter.Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Delaware Department of Agriculture (State of Delaware News), read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
Due to close contact with thousands of other snow geese while feeding and roosting, they can get sick and die.Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Delaware Department of Agriculture (State of Delaware News), read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
The spring waterfowl migration peaks Ducks, snow geese and Canada geese are abundant.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
More reports come in January than in any other month. The bars combine every year on record; the twelve month figure runs from October 14, 2025.
132 research grade snow and Ross’s goose reports from Delaware in the twelve months to October 14, 2026.
Reading this month’s reports from iNaturalist.
The spring conservation order is suspended for 2027.
Based on results of the 2026 Greater Snow Goose Spring Population Survey, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife has determined that there will not be a conservation order held for 2027.Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
The Conservation Order has been suspended for 2027 after agreement from the eight participating hunt states, Quebec and Ontario.Maryland Department of Natural Resources, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
The states it covers, in the notice’s words: “As of 2026, eight states in the Atlantic Flyway held the Conservation Order including Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.”
Check the state’s own regulations before you go: permits, zones and dates are the agency’s to set.
Every fact about Delaware’s snow geese links to the refuge, agency or festival page it comes from, read on October 13, 2026. Tour routes and viewing areas close for weather, hunts and work, so check the site’s own page before you drive. Report tallies are iNaturalist research grade records of snow and Ross’s geese, which count sightings, not birds. Every state is on the snow goose migration hub.