As I mentioned in an earlier post, Amy's folks came out for her birthday a couple of weeks ago. In addition to lots of good conversation and play time with Mr. Little Guy, we also managed a trip up to the Skagit delta on a remarkably warm and sunny Saturday. Fortunately, the snow geese had not yet headed for their northern breeding grounds, and we had lots of good views of the feeding flocks on our way towards La Conner. After lunch, we drove back across Fir Island and came upon an enormous flock of snow geese feeding on the north side of the road. We watched them from the car for a few minutes, and then the fellow living in the house closest to the flock decided it was time to mow his lawn (!) and as soon as the mower started up, every single goose (there must have been 50,000 of them at least) decided it was time to take to the sky. It was absolutely overwhelming--I've never seen anything like it. If you're ever in northwest Washington in late winter/early spring, it is not to be missed.
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