Tuesday, February 16 – Continued from yesterday’s post

The flying snow geese directed us to the Wildlife Sanctuary – along with us eventually finding familiar roads.

Before long we approached the path where the public can access the lake. It is about a ten-minute walk – depending on how fast you walk. We stopped for a few photos. We wondered if this was originally a Bernie snowman. 🙂

Our first sighting of the snow geese on the lake.

There are also supposed to be tundra swans here as well, but we weren’t close enough to decipher one from the other. They all looked like snow geese to us.

At the end of the trail there is information on the migration of geese and swans and a pavilion for picnic lunches.

They are quite noisy – whether in the lake or above it.

I read that our snowy weather is hindering the migration. There are usually more geese and swans here by this time of year. There will eventually be thousands.

From Middle Creek Wildlife website: During this timeframe, large numbers of migrating waterfowl normally appear. In recent years, more than 100,000 snow geese, 10,000 tundra swans, 10,000 Canada geese, and a wide variety of ducks have stopped at Middle Creek while pushing north to their breeding grounds.

We could feel the weather changing when at the pavilion (end of the trail). It became quite windy and cool.

Apparently this squirrel was used to people, because it just watched us walk by. It was about a foot from the walking path – and four feet from me.

There was another one just a few yards later. It was occupied with sunflower seeds. People apparently feed them and any birds that come by.

Scenery along the path.

There was a flock of Canada Geese in a nearby field.

A tree close to our house. For some reason I enjoy the starkness of a bare tree in a snow-covered landscape.

That was a delightful late morning and afternoon drive.