Outdoor Radio: A Blizzard of Geese

Snow Geese rise into the sky by the thousands as a Bald Eagle glides over the flock. / © K.P. McFarland

Biologists Sara Zahendra and Kent McFarland visit Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, a destination spot for bird watchers, to see thousands of snow geese that flock there each fall. We explore why snow geese populations have declined and why that’s a good thing. You’ll hear the incredible din of the birds as they rise up from corn fields in a cloud of winged snow.

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Here are some additional resources to learn about Snow Geese.

• Live map of snow geese sightings from Vermont eBird
• Naturalist Brian Pfeiffer’s 2015 Snow Goose Scoop
• Field Guide to Snow Geese – All About Birds – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Ornithologist David Sibley’s guide on How To Identify White Geese

Outdoor Radio is a monthly feature produced by VPR Chief Audio Engineer Chris Albertine in collaboration with VCE. Listen to our past episodes at https://vtecostudies.org/news/outdoor-radio.

Kent McFarland

A co-founder of VCE, Kent is a conservation biologist, photographer, writer and naturalist with decades of experience across the Americas.