In early December, I went on a field trip around Cayuga Lake with my local birding club. The one thing that I really wanted to see were snow geese in high numbers. I’ve never witnessed the so called “Snow Goose spectacle” before
While looking at various duck species at North Mill Pond, we started to hear geese flying over head. Thousands of them started to fly west over us toward the lake. We headed further up and saw even more Snow Geese over the lake.
Snow Goose Spectacle
Then we hit the jackpot.
Snow Goose Spectacle
And they kept growing.
Snow Goose Spectacle
And more and more geese were constantly coming in.
We conservatively estimated twenty thousand geese total.
Snow Goose Spectacle
Within this group were many beautiful Blue Morphs.
Blue Morph Snow Geese
And then a boat disturbed them and they took off.
I had to stop the video short because I’ve always wanted a photo where the entire frame was full of flying geese! A true Snow Goose blizzard at last!!
Snow Goose Spectacle
Next time, I will bring two cameras – one for photos and the other for video!!