It ain't Bosque, but it is a heck of a lot closer!

Took a ride down to the Salton Sea on Saturday. The migration is clearly picking up! The back field where the Snow Geese go had a couple thousand geese in it 2 weeks ago. This past weekend, it looked like much, much, more than that. But, for some reason, this year they're roosting in the field, instead of on the pond. That's a bummer of a deal, because there's no way to get behind them to shoot the sunset. Only a small handful went into the pond for me just before sunset.

To calculate how many geese there are - -multiply this pic by 4 or 5x. I tried to do a pano, and it took 4 or 5 shots from left to right to capture the whole field. In some sections, the geese are up front and there was a whole other row in the back by the trees. The pic below is a single row shot.

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Nice shots. The last was is awesome. Thanks for the post.

Are you sure those are all Snow Geese?

There can be a Ross' Goose mixed in there with the rest of them. In fact, that looks like one... right in the middle. <g>

It's hard to tell a Ross' Goose from a Snow Goose unless you get a very clear view.

The Snow Geese had showed up at Merced NWR several weeks ago. The population hits maximum about January.

---Bob Gross---

Nice shots. Really like the third one.

Very nice captures, did you spend the night there?

Nice shots as always Lazy but I really like that last one. Very nice.

That must of been quite the sight...and sound! Well done.