Syracuse.com - Syracuse photographer: 'It's snowing geese' over at Montezuma

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<p>Montezuma, N.Y. -- Paul Pflanz, of Syracuse, headed over to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge this week with his camera. He sent these three impressive pictures of migrating snow geese and filed the following report, which he entitled, "It's snowing geese." He wrote: "Yesterday, we took the first trip of the year to Montezuma. Not much happening on the...</p>

<p><br /><div id="asset-14622328" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="/static/common/img/blank.gif" class="lazy adv-photo" data-original="http://media.syracuse.com/outdoors/photo/14622328-large.jpg" alt="snowgeese3.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"></span><span class="byline">Paul Pflanz</span></span></span> </div></p>

<p>Montezuma, N.Y. -- Paul Pflanz, of Syracuse, headed over to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge this week with his camera. He sent these three impressive pictures of migrating snow geese and filed the following report, which he entitled, "It's snowing geese."</p>

<p>He wrote: "Yesterday, we took the first trip of the year to Montezuma. Not much happening on the main refuge loop drive except an unusually large number of great blue herons (mating season).</p>

<p>"But then we checked the part of the refuge south of Route 31 between the Seneca River and Route 89 near the "potato building."</p>

<div id="asset-14622363" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="/static/common/img/blank.gif" class="lazy adv-photo" data-original="http://media.syracuse.com/outdoors/photo/14622363-large.jpg" alt="snowgeese4good.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"></span><span class="byline">Paul Pflanz</span></span></span> </div>

<p>"Wow! There was a flock of several thousand snow geese.</p>

<p>"While we watched, they all took flight at once. It was like a feathered blizzard. Admittedly, a telephoto lens compresses depth of field, but how do they fly without mid-air collisions?"<br /></p>

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