I really had to work to get this shot, not only was the lighting poor, trying to get a shot of a single snow goose in a flock of about 2,000 was a challenge. Snow Geese facts: The snow goose is one of the few species that are able to survive in the harsh environment of the Arctic region. Its breeding season coincides with the brief Arctic summer. The snow goose raises its young in a land virtually free form competitors, predators, and human disturbance. Almost as soon as the newborns can fly at the end of summer, the geese migrate south. Most geese will cross the Bering Sea and head for the northwest coast of the United States, before moving south to California and the Gulf of Mexico. Migrating flocks can be so dense that they block out the sun.

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