The Armstrong's and I encountered impressive numbers of waterfowl (mostly geese) in Madison and Guthrie counties this morning. The Badger Creek area hosted ~3000 Greater White-fronted Geese along with small numbers of Snow Geese. The real show was in Guthrie County. Bays Branch had fifteen waterfowl species with several flocks of 2-4000 Snows and White-fronts milling around the area. We didn't even try to count the huge Snow Goose flock that was pouring into the center of Long Pond. Unfortunately they were out of sight after they landed. A few Ross's Geese were in both areas. Killdeer have arrived in force in the open country and we had FOY Song Sparrows in a few locations.
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