Back over to Henderson looking for the Snow Geese.....

Went back to Henderson, KY to look for geese again today.  Saw lots of good stuff as always when we go there.  We saw at least 5 hawks because I have photos of that many.

This was by far the only really good (half way decent) shot.  He flew off and circled around and landed in a tree right by the car just as we were getting ready to drive on down the road. 

I'll only show one other hawk.  Have no idea what kind, but we see more Red-tailed than anything.

Next came the flooded field that had sandpipers last time and ducks this time.  Water was high everywhere we went.  Wouldn't take much more to flood the road.  I can tell there are Mallards and Shovelers.  I think that was it.

Later I spooked a different bunch of ducks that were swimming with some Coots.  The coots stayed behind.  I like the way they sort of run on the water when they take off somewhere.

Finally got to a large flooded field with lots of geese! A distant shot of part of it to give you an idea of the size and distance.

I cropped in on some of the shots.  Definitely Snow Geese mixed with the White-fronted Geese this time!

I'm just putting a mix of shots to show what we see when we go there.

There was never a mass take off to photograph, but small groups flew in to join the bigger group from time to time.

Scattered all over the field.

In the back of this shot you can see at least 6 large white swans....mostly with their heads in the water.

Here are two more we saw later and one appears to have something around its neck.  Looks very uncomfortable! (NOTE: I realize now that this is how they band swans....still looks uncomfortable!)

One really big tree sits along this stretch of road and we usually see a hawk in it.  Today there were TWO eagles in it!

The one on the left had the white head of an adult.....

When we returned later I got sort of a back shot of one of them.

......the second one was a younger eagle....and very scruffy looking!

Down the road there were two of the little Grebes in their usual pond.

One of them raised up as I shot.

Saw several large flocks of starlings hanging around the same area.  They were swarming along the road after something or sitting in groups in the trees.

Always a great place to see birds!