Thursday, February 3, 2011

Bird Watchers Flock to the Northstate

Every winter, hundreds of waterfowl fly into the Sacramento valley. Snow Geese, swans, ducks, and cranes crowd the wetlands and create a visually stunning sight. It is always exciting to head out to see where the birds are. It is interesting for me to go people watching as the people are bird watching.
I was lucky enough to spend some time shooting video of the annual Snow Goose Festival. I hung out with a group that was on a field trip at the Llano Seco viewing platform. It was great to have video to use the sounds of the birds to add to the experience.

A group of snow geese (white with black tip wings) and other waterfowl take flight as bird watchers look to the to see waterfowl at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento River NWR during the Snow Goose Festival Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Bird watchers Maribeth Growdon, Karin Lilienbecker, and Suzanne Steel (left to right) look to the sky to see snow goose and other waterfowl at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento River NWR during the Snow Goose Festival Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)


Bird watchers look to the sky to see snow goose and other waterfowl at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento River NWR during the Snow Goose Festival Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)






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