Snow Geese

We were out for the day today photographing a very early spring and while visiting the Skagit Valley to see the daffodils and tulips (the daffodils are at their peak and the tulips are started), we saw the most amazing thing - thousands of Snow Geese which had been wintering in the valley. Most of the time they were feeding on the ground but occasionally something would spook them and large groups of them would start flying. Whether feeding or flying the noise was incredible. We spent several hours photographing them and though I have some better pictures I wanted to post this to give some idea of the huge numbers. Snow Geese breed on the arctic tundra but winter as far south as Mexico.