Cold weather has arrived and most of the small sloughs are freezing up, waterfowl migration is coming thru strong but I don’t think it will last long.
Peak of the goose migration looks like it’s about here.

No snows on Red Lake yet that’s kind of unusual it’s normally loaded by now.

Great pics!
Am I the only one looking for bands or neck collars?

Nope I already looked em over lol. Great pictures!

Hope you keep them snogs up there!

Trust me I spent a long time going thru a couple hundred pics checking for bands.

The 5 or 6 artic banding crews did a record amount this last summer, so it is just a matter of time.
6-7,000 Ross geese got banded so maybe look them through.

Last week was the only time I saw any number of geese and cranes this fall, and that was way down from normal. With the weather we had it was a fly by for this part of ND. It was -4 this morning for a low and we have a thick snow cover, so I can't say I look for any to stop now.

Beautiful pictures. I remember going to Horicon Marsh with my grandpa as a kid and we would watch the geese land for hours.

Nice photos. Last week was the main migration here. Nothing now but I am sure there will be a few stragglers.

It would be interesting to know what percentage of birds are banded, I would think they would have a general idea.

Figured birds would be moving. Steady north breeze all day down here with the first freeze of the year for us. When we get that I know points north are getting it worse.

Great photos, I could almost imagine shooting them with those photos. Like Sharons paintings......jk

I've never eaten a snow goose, but I've heard they aren't good table fare.

Very nice shots, Tray. They flock here too , in the rivers and big lakes areas.

nice pic, someday I might get to hunt them

More then just Snows showing up, it’s a good time of the year.

Specks / White Fronts are the very best eating geese!

Rib eye of the sky and the best Christmas goose meal looking at that picture.