Sandhill cranes have long been a common sight in the skies and fields of Dawson County as they spend the winter here each year.But this winter they seem to be outnumbered –at least in the western part of the county – by other migratory birds that normally seem to be more common in the Lubbock area. Hundreds – even thousands – of snow geese and Canada geese can be seen almost every morning and evening flying between their night-time roosting areas in and around playa lakes and the fields where they spend the daytime foraging for food.The big, and sometimes ...