Snow Geese

Look close....that line of white in the water under the trees are hundreds of snow geese

We headed out to look for the white pelicans that migrate here every winter, with Charlie, a couple of days ago.  With the three kayaks loaded up in Charlie's truck, we checked out the Tennessee River in several spots and then ended up outside of Mooresville in the bay.  There was a big line of white birds in our horizon.  We thought we had hit the jack pot.  We unloaded the kayaks and started paddling.  The closer we got, we could hear all the noise.  They weren't pelicans, that's for sure.  They were " Snow Geese"!!  Hundreds and hundreds of them.  As we got closer, they began to fly.  OMG!  the noise they made with their wings was almost deafening.  It was the neatest thing to see and hear, ever!  They all flew down to the other end of the bay and landed again.  We went on into an inlet still looking for the pelicans.  No luck what so ever but we did have a bald eagle fly out of the trees, right over our heads.  He was soooo pretty!  I sure wish I had a zoom lens for my camera...maybe one day.  ( if Charlie sends me one of his pictures he took of the snow geese, I'll post it so you can see them up close)   On the way back, the snow geese gave us a couple more shows of their flight and noise.  I just wanted to sit there in the middle of the bay and watch them forever.  It was another fun day with the kayaks.  They never let us down.  One of the best things we have ever bought.