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| 3 White-morph Snow Geese and a Cackling Goose in flight |
After an unsuccessful chase of a late Blue-headed Vireo that Dave Dister found at the State Park this morning, my wife and I drove to the upper reservoir road at my worksite. As we slowly drove the upper loop, I noticed flocks of Canada Geese coming to land on the pond. Scanning the flocks I saw 3 White-morph Snow Geese following the Canadas in from the surrounding cornfields.
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| Blue Morph Snow Goose |
When I examined the raft of geese that landed I found one Blue-morph Snow Goose. It wasn't until I downloaded the photos onto my computer that I noticed that there were at least 7 Cackling Geese interspersed among their larger cousins.
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| Four Cackling Geese among Canada Geese |
Before we got to the upper road, a handsome Dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk flew by. I was hoping to get eye-level shots of it with the 200+ feet of elevation gain that the upper road provides. But the bird was nowhere in sight when we got up there.
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| Dark-morph Rough-legged |
The only raptor viewed from the high road was this young Bald Eagle.
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| Immature Bald Eagle |
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