Photos show the dramatic dawn flight of migrating snow geese
Early rising birders await sunrise March 9 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Snow geese take to the sky at sunrise March 9 after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
A flock of snow geese arrives March 8 to spend the night at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Amish birders focus their binoculars on waterfowl March 7 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Snow geese take off from a reservoir March 6 at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Snow geese resume their annual northern migration March 6 after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Pairs of tundra swans (larger birds) and Canada geese fly March 9 over the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
The serrated edges of a snow goose's bill helps it grip the plants it eats March 8 near the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Tundra swans fly March 9 in the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Snow geese feed March 6 in a cornfield in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Tundra swans and other waterfowl gather March 9 on a humanmade reservoir at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
Snow geese take off March 6 to resume their northern migration after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Pa.
The migrating birds draw about 150,000 human visitors annually — including about a thousand hunters.