A Spring Spectacle

It's a South Dakota

Spring Spectacle!

Massive amounts of snow

are melting...

creeks are temporarily rivers,

dams are temporarily lakes,

every ditch has water running through it

and guess what's here?

They are circling the skies 

coming in droves!

Geese

and ducks 

as far as the eye can see

The corn field on two sides of us

was littered with them last night.

We stood on the front porch and listened

It was amazing!

It sounded like loud machinery on all sides of us

So this morning, I put on a 

white camo outfit 

and drove north of our house

to get a closer look!

The noise of a million geese

is staggering...

they were real jumpy,

so I had to park the van 

and walk a ways to get as close as I could

they just kept coming and going

It was a breathtaking experience,

just me and the birds....

I sat there thinking

I could just sit here and 

watch this all day!

There was nobody at this abandoned farm

to disturb us.

They come and they go until someone 

gets jumpy and must send out a warning...

and then it happens

it was almost scary to me

when they all start flapping

and get up at once.

INCREDIBLE!!

The sight and sound 

took my breath away!

I took it all in (I really couldn't get enough)

then I heard a gun shot in the distance

and then another, and that kinda freaked me out

me sitting here in a white suit and all!

I was sitting on pasture ground but next to the water

when I heard a loud crack in the ice

I decided it was time to head for the van.

I turned around to this 

beautiful sunrise

and decided 

this was a really 

good day!

Sending you a postcard from 

Sall Country,

Wish you were here!

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