Driving toward my brother in law's house by Stettler we saw some large white fowl on a slough. Thinking they could be swans we decided to take a closer look. They were not swans, but snow geese, and Canada geese. Quite a number of them. I readied my camera and approached:

Snow Geese



They were placidly swimming about not paying any attention to me at all. But ...

then I had to sneeze



Needless to say:

they took off.



First a few ...



and then they got word out to the others on the slough ...

Hundreds of them ...



needless to say I was quite excited ... I have not seen snow geese in the wild, and it was quite the spectacle.