After a shopping trip and lunch in Mt. Vernon, we decided to take the long way home and discovered that some daffodils were starting to bloom in some of the fields.
Some of the fields had a lot of water in them because of all the rain we've had lately.
We drove all over the area looking for snow geese, then as we headed back to the freeway to head home, we discovered a field with hundreds of them. This picture shows how far away they were to start with...
...but then they started moving closer and closer.
They even started crossing over a ditch that surrounded the field. It looked like a migration was taking place!
Some on each side of the ditch.
A close-up of one of them.
We stayed for about an hour watching them wander around.
I discovered that I could take some interesting shots with the water reflecting the geese.
We were hoping that they would all take off and fly while we were there. A few of them flew a little bit, then landed again before we left.
I needed a new Facebook profile picture of I had Ken take this one of me.
We finally headed on our way and as we drove back to the freeway, we ran across some Trumpeter swans in a field by the road.
So we got to see in one day, the 2 major types of large birds that winter over in our area. It was an enjoyable, relaxing way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
