Taking photographs of a quarter million geese at a time has given me trouble. I can’t find a way to capture even the idea of that many birds in one flock. Below is a picture of a very large flock of mostly Snow Geese that rose off a sandpit pond as we left Kearney, Nebraska, yesterday afternoon. It looked more like a weather event than birds in the air. We followed the North Platte River northwest toward Scottsbluff, on our way to the Black Hills. The Canada Geese we found flying against the sunset offered a better photo op. The geese will be leaving the Platte River valley any day now, to be replaced by huge numbers of Sandhill Cranes. There’s still time for you to make the drive down there, but call ahead for a lodging reservation. Thousands of birders will be there, too.

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