Snow Geese

I had trouble with uploading a photo last night. For some reason they would not show up in my photostream after I uploaded them. After repeated efforts I gave up only to wake this morning and find that I had uploaded a lot of pictures. This is the one I've left, and thanks to all those who patiently ignored the rest.

These are Snow Geese, Chen caerulescens, wintering in the Skagit Valley. There were thousands of them and the noise was unbelievable. Periodically someone would get too close and huge numbers of them would fly off, circle around and return. We spent several hours photographing them. It was quite a show!