Sequoyah Refuge and Washita: when each site’s manager says snow geese are there, the spring conservation order dates and directions to each.
The months are each site manager’s own, quoted and linked below with the day they were read.
In November and December, flocks of snow geese on the refuge can reach up to 20,000 in number, the largest flock in the state of Oklahoma.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
Waterfowl: Washita serves as a winter resting area for four species of geese and 22 species of ducks. Canada geese, snow geese, Ross’s geese, and greater white-fronted geese gather in great numbers at the refuge, resting by night on the waters of Foss Lake and feeding by day on area farm fields.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 14, 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.
Due back in NovemberOklahoma, October
Snow geese are due back at Sequoyah Refuge in November.
In November and December, flocks of snow geese on the refuge can reach up to 20,000 in number, the largest flock in the state of Oklahoma.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
Light Geese Nov 7, 2026 - Dec 6, 2026 Dec 12, 2026 - Feb 14, 2027Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
The COLGS begins after the close of the regular Canada goose season and typically extends until the end of March.Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, 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.
38 research grade snow and Ross’s goose reports from Oklahoma in the twelve months to October 14, 2026.
Reading this month’s reports from iNaturalist.
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February 15 to March 30, 2027
Conservation Order Light Goose Season (COLGS) Feb 15, 2027 - Mar 30, 2027Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, read October 13, 2026. Read it at the source
Check the state’s own regulations before you go: permits, zones and dates are the agency’s to set.
Every fact about Oklahoma’s snow geese links to the refuge, agency or festival page it comes from, read between October 13 and 14, 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.