Once you get about 100km east of Edmonton, you are on the Central Flyway. This is the flight path that is used by migratory birds as they travel north from central and South America, to their northern breeding grounds. Snow Geese follow this route and it is amazing that huge masses of them can be seen in this area in the spring and fall. But, a short distance to the west, they are rarely seen... and certainly not in any numbers.
After Hailey and I finished up photographing the old stores, we tooled around on backroads for a while, looking for things to photograph. We stopped here and there and quickly checked out a few things, but nothing much prompted us to dig out the camera gear. In several areas we saw large flocks of snow geese.
As evening approached, we found ourselves at an old abandoned church. Hailey seemed more interested in the nearby pasture full of cows... while I attempted to photograph the church. As the evening came upon us, we were witness to multiple large flocks of Snow Geese moving to the north west. It seemed there were a few dark colored geese mixed in these flocks. Couldn't get a good enough look to be clear whether they were Canada Geese... or Brants.
I took a couple of shots of the old church with my view camera, but by this time in the evening the sun had moved around too far to the west, and it was mostly in shadow. I attempted the shots anyway, and will hope for the best. Once we finished up here, we turned the truck west and started back towards home.
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