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| The white streak in the water is a raft of several thousand snow geese. |
Along with a crowd of other birders, we went to see the famous snow geese at Middle Creek Wildlife Management near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Huge flocks of these migrating geese land on the water and stay a while, and then rise in huge numbers and fly off to somewhere else. It’s an impressive sight.
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With binoculars or a camera lens, you can get an idea of how many geese are flocking on the water.
A bit to the left of center and also at the left edge, you can see two blue geese (a variety of snow geese). |
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| Lift off! |
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| The huge flock breaks up into smaller flocks, which wheel around in the sky and then go out of sight. |
Sometimes the geese show up at other small lakes or ponds in the area, other times they seem to disappear — evidently stopping on private farm lands and other places in the area. One day, usually in March, they are seen no more as they have continued to their nesting grounds in the northern parts of Canada and Alaska.We felt lucky to finally connect with them.
Photos © 2024 mae sander
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you could see snow geese, it is such a beautiful sight to see and to hear them. I have been to Middle Creek a few times, the first the geese numbers a couple hundred thousand, over the years it seems like the numbers have decreased. Take care, have a great day!
That is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is pretty magnificent.
ReplyDeleteWow! Not THAT is impressive!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are impressive. Unfortunately, the ones that stopped here stayed because people fed them. Now they won't leave.
ReplyDeleteWow the number of geese is amazing. Glad you took these shots. Great to see.
ReplyDeleteSo cool!
ReplyDeleteAround my place, there's a place where migrating pelicans make a stop. I saw them a few years ago, quite impressive too!