A common sight this time of year, thousands of snow geese take rest in a field just north of New Tripoli in Lynn Township.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, snow geese don’t like to travel without the company of another couple dozen geese and can form flocks of several hundred thousand.

Family groups forage together on wintering grounds, digging up roots and tubers from muddy fields and marshes.  COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS