Wild Geese Wonder

Driving to work during the early morning hours has some rewards. Passing through the areas around Sedgewick and Bono in the fall, winter, and spring months I'm often treated to the wonderful sight of wild geese doing whatever they're doing in the large fields or flying overhead in their distinctive more-or-less V-shaped patterns. Sometime it's 5 or 10 birds. Often the flocks stretch from horizon to horizon in awe-inspiring displays against a dawning sky that just fill me with delight! I wonder, do they have that effect on others? Surely it must be so. Who could see such wonder and not be moved? If I happen to be walking outside and hear the honking overhead I have to stop and find them - sometimes not an easy task - especially in the fall when they are heading south in their annual migration and flying at high altitudes against a bright sunny day. Some years ago when I was in a fanatical fishing phase I remember a couple of times on the Current or Black rivers when huge flocks were passing overhead for an hour or more. At those times I just put down my fishing pole, leaned back in the boat and enjoyed that awesome spectacle. May they fly forever!