Image: Steve Lunde
Snow geese. This pair has chosen the swamp along the the Pembroke swamp gateway into Wabasha for a few days to bulk up nourishment for the rest of their journey north. Eventual destination: Western Siberia, northern Alaska, northern Canada, or Greenland. The snow goose flights are broken up by long stopovers in staging areas. They winter as far south as the Rio Grande and breed as far as 3,900 miles away in the Arctic.
Migratiory routes. In pale yellow for those that migrate.