I prefer snow geese to most ducks but my favorite duck: green wing teal is at the top of my list.

Yes snow geese are there but they are flying really high and unfortunately public land is not on really one of their destinations. Farm land and the refuge are where they want to be. I only get the random dumb juveniles.

If you are going for them, please be sure about your identification as I heard that some hunters downed a swan last weekend. Huge, white, slow wing beats, small groups or pairs, rarely calling. They are usually swans. Snow geese are smaller than Canadas and have black wing tips and they beat furiously and come in many dozens at a time and call constantly.