This past weekend I had the good fortune of being in Washington state. One of the few day trips I took was out to La Conner. This was an amazing area, but unfortunately the weather was less than ideal. An incoming storm front made it quite difficult to capture much of anything thanks to winds of up to 40 MPH and dark storm clouds. None the less my pursuit of snow geese in the farm fields ended successfully just as I was about to leave after giving up. In the process of positioning myself to photograph the thousands of birds an army helicopter buzzed the field agitating the birds, sending them all airborne. The birds circled around for a while until the helicopter left the area. The result was a great photo opportunity (3 images below)…