Gobs Of Glorious Gooses Galore!

My visits up to the farm always seem too short and this trip had been no exception. It was soon time to leave and I was at least happy to see the glorious weather I'd have for the trip. I stepped out my door and gazed at the horses and calves grazing in my neighbors' field:

I turned down the heater, drained the water pipes and began carrying things out to the car as I prepared to leave:

But then I heard what sounded like the flying monkeys in the "Wizard Of Oz." Thousands of geese were flying overhead. I grabbed my camera to take a video and then noticed that they were circling. I was standing on my porch when they began landing in the field across the road, so I began slowing walking over there:


The neighbors' field began to look like it was collecting a covering of snow as thousands of Snow Geese landed there:

I continued walking closer:

I kept the video running as I walked closer and closer. The geese didn't seem to mind:


This was a recently harvested corn field and the ground was littered with corn kernels. I assumed that this free, abundant food was the attraction:

Once I was standing in the field, I looked back toward my own place:

The neighbors' horses looked friendly, but neither they nor I wanted to take any chances by getting too close to the electric fence:

But it was time for me to begin the long drive home so I walked back across the road to begin the journey. The geese continued to land in the neighbors' field:

I zoomed in on the scene one last time but by that time I really had to leave. I loaded the dogs up into my little red car and pointed it south. But I'll post more about that tomorrow: