More From The Back Yard

Last weekend, I noticed that there was a huge flock of birds in my backyard. OK, not technically in my backyard, but in the cornfield right behind my backyard. And technically, it's not currently a cornfield since it's been plowed under, but there are still a lot of corncobs lying in it which is why I think the birds chose it as a place to land. These birds were about 100 yards from my back door. I'm not a bird expert; I think they were some sort of migratory goose. I couldn't get a really good closeup of one. I was worried about spooking the flock. And I lack a sufficiently powerful telescopic lens to get closer than what's here. I've seen flocks of starlings take flight. Watching these birds take off was like that except these birds were four or five times bigger.