UPDATE 3-8-22: SNOW GOOSE COUNT INCREASED TO 1.068,070 AFTER NEW COUNT 3/8/22. Not sure how low they will stay with heavy snow coming 3/10.
Rather poor quality and 'very shaky'. :-) Click the arrows in top right to see larger. Taken early in the day, so many more arrived later with much more impressive 'lift-offs', but this smaller one gives an idea how crazy the sky was at all times and in all directions for hours and hours, only a small amount in video. Many will lift off like this, fly around then land again, only to repeat it over and over. They later filled in the water much, much closer to this side of the refuge. Just can't hold steady these days especially trying to hold with my 70-200mm lens on. Sorry for the quality but hope you enjoy it anyway. :) Should have tried to brace on something, will know better in the future. I never take videos with my DSLR but had to try one to capture some of the amazing snow geese in motion to go along with the following photos. Would loved to have taken one after even more arrived but had to leave to soon.
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