Community Camera: November 26, 2020

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Adam Louis
Dec. 1, 2020 5:00 p.m.
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A gaggle of snow geese busy themselves in a cornfield in Agassiz in this recent photo. The Lesser Snow Goose traditionally breeds in Siberia before migrating in the fall to North America’s Pacific coast, including southern B.C.

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