Flock of Snow Geese

Description

Before dusk, a din in the skies approaches, the cacophony of a massive flock of snow geese. Wave after wave, they fly over a river calling in unison, moving in tandem, with such grace and beauty; an affirmation of the eternal rhythms of nature. In the mid-1990s, millions of lesser snow geese added Nebraska's Rainwater Basin, just south of the Platte River, to their spring route. There they eat mainly corn, using cornfields most in the morning and wetlands more in the afternoon, before flying on to nest on the Arctic tundra.