The most recent snow goose count at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area is 110,000.  Now that is a LOT of birds!  I was chatting with one of the park rangers over the weekend and asked how they go about providing the estimates.  He told me that they go to a spot on top of the mountain at daybreak and have a method for counting geese as they take flight from the lake.  The snow geese roost on the lake overnight and then fly out to nearby fields to feed during the day.  As the geese take off in the morning, the rangers count off the birds in groups of 5,000.  Today’s image features a large group of snow geese taking to flight from the ice-covered lake and heading in my direction just before sunset.  What a sight!