Snow Goose Migration
Beau March 8th, 2007
Yesterday I saw several enormous flocks of migrating Snow Geese. I couldn’t begin to count their number, there were so many. I heard them well before seeing them, and when I looked I could barely make them out, they were that high up. I’d love to have known their real altitude, but it probably exceeded 1500-2000 feet in the sky. The Cornell bird identification site says that “…the Snow Goose travels… in very large, high-flying, noisy flocks.” Right on the money yesterday. They are on their way north to the artic tundra to begin the breeding season. Here’s a picture of just a small portion of one flock…
