Snow Geese, etc.

["kevin wheeler" <turtleherder at hotmail dot com>]

Today David Breinholt and I made a little trip to Minersville Reservoir in 
Beaver County.  There were about 300 snow geese out in a big flock.  They 
all made a big commotion a while after we arrived, and lifted off making a 
big rucous.  Then we saw a bald eagle come in and sample a little raft of 
coots where the geese had been.  He left after a couple minutes, and the 
snow geese all came back after circling a couple times.  There were a couple 
"blue" gooses in with them. Also on the Reservoir were redheads, pintails, 
American Wigeon, ring-necked ducks, and green-winged teal.
Later Pamela Larson and I hit Quichipa Lake in Iron County, where there was 
water (an unusual situation) and several ducks (mallards and pintails, at 
least) and canada geese on it, and a flock of 23 Snow Geese flew over.
Kevin Wheeler


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