Originally Posted by
werner.reiche
Not sure about eastern ontario (Russell, Winchester) but upper valley had none 50 years ago and the only ones there now are escapes. They may survive a year or two in the wild and even hatch out broods. I know one flock that went from 4 over-winter escapes to over 30 - but the following November/December where wiped out by predation.
There are permanent flocks of huns in eastern Ontario - we used to see them on the backroads north of winchester almost every time we drove through there. The upper valley also had resident huns in the osceola/cobden area - but I haven't seen any there for over 20 years.