Snow Geese take flight at the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, which is a 9,100 acre wetland wildlife area, operated by the state Department of Fish and Game, in which the winter months alone, it gets as many as 1.5 million waterfowl visitors - migrant duck, geese and birds that fly here to escape the harsh weather of their summering grounds on Saturday January 13, 2007 in Gridley, CA. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)