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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 10, 2024 4:28:13 GMT
The snow geese have been gathering in the area for almost two weeks. Some have left but I expect more to come through. I've been out on four photography outings and got a few good photos. Took a visitor out last Thursday. We estimated there were 60,000 at Horsefly Lake. (I later "confirmed" our guess to be close by counting samples in photos.) Here is a link to a 30-photo panorama of the lake taken after a few tens of thousands had flown off for the afternoon feed in nearby fields.  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 10, 2024 4:55:34 GMT
Excellent photo; definitely a winner.
That many geese around = be careful where you step and check your boots before you get in your truck; a goose squirts out twice his body weight every day.
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Post by Lillias on Nov 10, 2024 11:52:14 GMT
The snow geese have been gathering in the area for almost two weeks. Lovely action photo Clive. |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 10, 2024 15:18:45 GMT
be careful where you step The uplands at the ponds across the road are far more strewn with goose droppings than around the larger lakes. But I gotta tell you, BuckSkin , a much great concern is when 1,000 fly overhead after taking off. The take-off exertion must put a lot of strain on their plumbing because they really unload.   |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 10, 2024 15:28:38 GMT
Lovely action photo Clive. Thank you Lillias. The snow geese will leave the area in a few days and will return in late March. I am going to another lake today to see what's happening. One of my photography goals is to take a photo similar to the one posted above but of a "blue" goose. These genetic anomalies are officially called a "dark morph" snow geese. This is an adult blue goose with two juveniles. About one in 500 snow geese are "blue" .. fun stuff.  |
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