Last week, when Don and I were engaged in rocking in the corral, I heard the distinct sound of geese flying overhead. (Can you see the flocks?)
These weren't Canada geese, which make a distinct sound. Instead, the black wing tips identified them as snow geese.
Snow geese undergo spectacular migrations, something on the order of 3000+ miles twice a year.
The flocks can be huge, with hundreds or thousands of birds in each one.
And there below, in our humble muddy little corral, we were lucky enough to see them overhead. How cool is that?
A true blessing! Amazing! How I wish I had been there. Winged Migration in real life.
ReplyDeleteI would have helped with your rock, too!
a true conservation success story. when i was growing up in north west Iowa, in the 60's and 70's we rarely saw geese of any kind migrating. today, thanks in large part, to the efforts of geese unlimited and ducks unlimited organizations, during certain parts of the hunting season, the daily limit of snow and blue geese is 20. amazing that the number of geese can recover form rarely seen, to nearly over populated in such a short time.
ReplyDeleteIn the Parma Idaho area flocks of 60,000 come through in January and February. It sounds and looks like a tornado when they take off.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteLovely! We get snow geese through here, too, (Ontario, Canada), and I love hearing them. We also get lots of tundra swans!
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