Snow Geese flock lift-off (#57393454)
Upwards of 50,000 Snow Geese winter in the fields of the Skagit Valley in Washington on Fir Island. Here a large flock lifts off from a field---half of the flock is airborne, the other half waiting their turn to liftoff.
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