Geese galore!

Canada Geese are the topic of the day.  Went for a walk over at Harrison Bay and everywhere you looked there were Canada Geese...

first we'll set the scene...note how low the water levels are again...

but back to the geese, they were spread out all along the shoreline, a female Mallard there with this group....

these were some of 106 individuals in this particular field....but the big story, apart from the numbers, and I estimate close to 1,000 birds all told...was how active they were...

flocks of them kept flying about, most settling out on the sandbars of the bay..

here are some more....not only were they active, they were also vocal, as were...

the swans because that is what those white dots out there are.  Must have been close to a hundred and a least a few, judging by the calls, were Tundras.

There were also several...

Loons....this was just one of them....a Common Loon I think...

this Glaucous-wing Gull posed nicely, actually looking at it, it might be a Western/Glaucous Wing cross...not sure.

back to the geese though, here are some more along with a Bald Eagle that was eating something on top of that piling.

With all the goose activity didn't spend much time looking for small birds.  Could hear lots of Black Cap Chickadees and couldn't miss...

the Eurasian-collared Dove as we headed back to our vehicle.