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Snow geese take off for the Arctic in mesmerizing sunrise display
About 100,000 snow geese roost at Middle Creek on peak days before continuing their migration to Arctic breeding grounds, attracting 150,000 annual visitors, officials said.
- Thousands of snow geese at sunrise erupted into flight at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on Monday, March 9, 2026, circling the reservoir before flying to nearby farm fields and continuing north toward New York state and Quebec.
- The 6,300-acre Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area draws snow geese after months along the Atlantic coast and Delmarva Peninsula, serving as a short stopover before their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic and western Greenland.
- A few dozen predawn birdwatchers saw thousands of snow geese stop preening and honking before surging into the sky near Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area.
- Middle Creek attracts about 150,000 visitors annually, while wildlife officials face tensions over hunting and crop damage; the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported avian influenza continues and about 2,000 bird carcasses were removed recently.
- Long-Term counts show that greater snow geese increased dramatically from about 3,000 in the early 20th century to about a million now, while tundra swans rose from a dozen to over 5,000 in recent years.
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