Another use for frozen mud ponds

[Celia]

Ok third attempt to post this pic.  This was last week when ponds were frozen, today they are beautiful, 65 and sunny, until the storm moves in later today. Pond is a neighbor's pond but close enough I get to enjoy it too. 

[miguynmkoi]

How cool is that to have Visitors from Canada, eh, skate on your pond (nice to have neighbors with such a huge pond)? 

Are these geese wintering in Missouri or lost.  We have many Canadian geese wintering in our local public lakes and ponds.

[Celia]

Yes, they seem to like our weather, we have lots of them staying in the area.  I just love watching them, I never get tired of seeing them fly over or land out back.

[GarryT]

I was wondering where our Canada Geese ended up! However I think I would have flown a few more miles south to get to warmer weather still. But it's still a far cry from their summer home up here in the prairies of Canada where today we are braving -26C and a windchill of -44C (that's -45F). We have thousands of them that nest right here in the city of Winnipeg in the spring & summer. So many around the urban artificial "lake" communities that they are sometimes considered a nuisance for all the noise and goose poop that they leave behind. Beautiful birds and I'm looking forward to hearing those first "honks" from above heralding the coming of a new spring.