The Autumn Migration

The Migration. Legion Park, Boulder County, Colorado, 2012

The ducks and geese have been congregating by the thousands on the myriad lakes and ponds of Boulder County. We must be an important weigh station along the migratory route to warmer climes…a place for these birds to rest, recheck the map, grab some chow, exchange the latest gossip, and catch up with old friends and relatives. 

“…Over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers…

…the wild geese, high in the clean blue air are heading home again…”

–From Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver