Bay Photos by Donna

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It’s that time of year when you travel around the farm fields on the eastern shore of Maryland, you might just happen upon the exciting sight of a flock of Snow Geese.

Sometimes, it might be a flock of 50, or 500, or 1,000.  Sometimes it’s the jackpot!

Heading home late afternoon last week, I saw what I’m always hoping for each winter…..a farm field white-out in the distance.  Getting closer and looking up, thousands more were converging from all directions.  I estimated about 5,000 Snow Geese total!

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Trying to share a cell phone video, fingers crossed…..

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The Snow Goose has two color variants, the white morph (all white body with black wing tips) and the blue morph (all black body with white head).

I got lucky to have a nice variety of both as adults and immatures land right across from me with these closer shots.

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No sooner after those above shots, there was a sudden lift-off and they all went into the air.

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The noise was deafening as they went in all directions including over my car.

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From the swirling chaos, I felt like I was in a snow globe!

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After a few minutes, the Snow Geese began landing again, filling the fields.

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And then another lift-off!  Trying another cell phone video, hope these are working!

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And yet again, they began landing, with even more still just arriving to the chaos.  I imagine they were parking for the night’s rest.

As I began to leave, I had several cars parked behind me, all enjoying this phenomenal sight. 😊

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