No one is quite sure why, but for the last several years, Springfield has become a waypoint for tens of thousands of migrating geese making their way back north.
The snow, blue and Ross’s geese typically show up in Illinois in late February and stay for a few days. We didn’t get a chance to see them on Lake Springfield, but we live nearby and watched as they blanketed the sky for several days. It was a pretty amazing sight. There’s a link to a great video below. It isn’t ‘embed-able’, but is definitely worth a look.
-Scott Troehler
@Scott217
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Screen capture from "Snow Geese at Lake Springfield"
More info:
Video:
http://www.daveheinzel.com/SnowGeeseHD.mov
Springfield State Journal-Register article:
http://www.sj-r.com/carousel/x203403899/Rest-stop
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