Middle Creek

Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area - Kleinfeltersville, PA

Friday, February 10

So far there are about 15,000 snow geese. The numbers can climb to over 100,000. Wild bird enthusiasts

from all over the globe come here to watch the annual migration. I saw a camera lens pointing out of a SUV that looked like a bazooka!

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity ... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
William Blake (1757-1827)

When the snow geese decide to go from one area to another it is the most intense noise you will ever hear. 

I get chills just thinking about it. 

I have a few more snow geese photos on my Flickr page. 

Snow Geese

We live about 30 minutes south of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area and every year, at the end of the winter, it's a resting point for snow geese in their annual migration.
It was a nice day today so we decided to check it out. I think there were around 80,000 geese there.






While we were walking along the trail toward the lake, the geese in the field decided to take off for the lake. I turned my camera on to video mode to take a short movie - so sorry for my OMG comments. I was totally blown away by the noise of thousands of geese flying right over my head (and a little worried about poop)!

Certainly not as exciting but I finished the spring mare and foal folk art painting I was working on in the post below. I think I will put it up for sale on the PFATT Marketplace later this week.

Middle Creek

I've been going through a very rough patch lately with some deaths in the family. I thought we would go out to Middle Creek Wildlife Area to see the snow geese and get some fresh air. There were thousands there today. I believe they expect well over 50,000. You can't get very close but the sound is amazing. Tundra swans are also there. Click on the photos if you want to see a larger image.

Also updated my playlist on the right sidebar this week. There are some great new and old songs on there. If you like it, please let me know! I'm really enjoying the first song, "Furr" by Blitzen Trapper. They just played at a church in Philly, I'm sorry I missed it.