On Tuesday of this week I went to Edwin B. Fosrsythe National Wildlife Refuge. There were not very many birds or ducks, except for a flock of probably 2,000 Snow Geese resting by one side of Wildlife Drive.
Some geese were landing on the marsh.
Others were taking off, a few at a time.
The geese were chatting noisily, drowning out the sounds of car engines passing by them. Then, all of a sudden, the noise increased severalfold and the entire flock rose into the sky.
The geese made a slight turn and flew North toward breeding grounds in Canada near the Artic circle, and toward Greenland.
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