The snow geese have returned to Middle Creek Wildlife Refuge as a stop-over point on their annual migration north to their breeding grounds.  Current counts are at around 60,000 snow geese.  Today the viewing area at Willow Point was packed with people watching and waiting for the birds to take to the air.  A good portion of the lake is still frozen due to our extra long and harsh winter, but the geese are here in large numbers and were very active today.  This is one of my favorite photos of the day.   I love people and dog watching at Middle Creek as much as I love bird watching!