Reviewing the weather in the morning, I decided that a road trip to a never visited wild life area was in order. The choice was this refuge at the confluence of the Shiawassee, Flint, Cast and Tittabawassee rivers in Saginaw County.
The 9,000 acre area, rich farmland land with large standing water and flood control dikes is a resting place for migrating birds. March being a good time to catch southern birds heading to northern reaches, I expected a broad range of unique birds.
Instead, what I found is 10,000 golf course scourges known as Canada geese. I'd never seen that many geese in one place, but I've seen plenty of Canada geese in parks, and ponds all over the Detroit metropolitan area.
Dotted among the masses were a few mallards, swans, and gulls, none identifiable as exotic.
But, the trip wasn't wasted (thought the energy to carry binoculars might have been). I found a long path along dikes leading to an observation point at the northern end of the range. More geese, ducks, swans and gulls.
From the dike I observed a muskrat in the water, and surprised a woodchuck near its lair.
It turned out to be a good spring day, well worth the nearly 100 mile trip.
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