Mackay Island Tour

Yesterday we had the last installment of our Winter Waterfowl Tour series at Mackay Island NWR. It was great to get up there and most of the participants had never been there before. And for good reason. Mackay Island is not really an island, but you do have to take the ferry to get there, so most people think twice about sacrificing an entire day just to head over there. All the better for us. On Saturday no one elase was there, we must have seen 3 people who weren't part of the tour. As the icing on the cake, I had spoken to refuge manager Mike Hoff and he hooked us up with a key to the restricted areas that are normally closed to visitors this time of year.

It definitely paid off as well, when we finally made our way out to Oak Point where former owner JP Knapp used to have his house, we were greeted by several thousand Snow Geese feeding in the fields. Check out the pictures below and drool.