Heading back to Colorado, I drove across snow-covered terrain from Columbia, Missouri, all the way to Hays, Kansas, where I will spend the night. Bright sunshine and a deep blue sky combined with the snow to make the landscape look deceptively pristine.
With all due respect to the many hawks (mostly red-tails) that hunted along the Interstate, the highlight of my journey was a large flock of snow geese, resting and feeding in crop stubble west of Topeka. Were it not for the brief flight of a restless goose, searching for a better spot in the crowd, I would likely not have noticed the flock.
So, finally, I have encountered migrant geese this season. Whether they were tardy autumn migrants, early spring migrants or just wintering in that region of Kansas is uncertain. Whatever brought them to that field is immaterial; it was a pleasure to have seen them.
Note: The first post titled Snows in the Snow was published in March of 2015.
