I have done a lot of reading about the migration this year so that I can keep up to date on what is taking place. On top of that I have become involved in the incorporations of the Henry’s Fork Audubon Society that is currently being developed for Fremont, Teton, and Madison counties in Idaho. So I feel I need to become a bit more educated in a lot of areas. In my reading I learned that this year and in years past that the Snow Geese stop for a while west of Rigby ID. I was in Idaho Falls picking up my camera replacement and decided to try and find the area on the way back. Well we found it and there were hundreds if not thousands of Snow Geese present.
03-25-2011 West of Rigby, ID. Canon T2i, (Camera Raw edits)
03-25-2011 West of Rigby, ID. Canon T2i, (Camera Raw edits)
03-25-2011 West of Rigby, ID. Canon T2i, (Camera Raw edits)
Just about as soon as a I arrived they all took off at once, and it was a spectacle to see. The sun was setting and nobody knew where they were going they went back and forth for awhile before they came back down.
This was my first time ever seeing so many birds at one time, I have always know that birds migrate but not until recently have I really understood what that meant. I knew what it meant in the literal since, it meant birds flying from one place to another. But now I realize the mass of birds that come with the migration and that they don’t just fly across continents in a day. The migration for many birds could take weeks to months, they have to stop and rest and eat to get the energy stored up to keep going. In Idaho we are part of two flyways for birds during the migration the Pacific and Central flyways.
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