Greater snow geese at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
© Gerrit Vyn/Minden Pictures
Greater snow geese at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
Every traveller needs a place to rest from time to time. In the case of the snow goose, that place needs to be very large. Snow geese travel in flocks of hundreds, sometimes thousands, as they travel north to their springtime breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra. They stop along the way to rest and forage, relying on places like Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, where our homepage image was photographed. World Migratory Bird Day, recognized on May 21, highlights the need to protect habitat for winged travellers like these.
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