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    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Snow geese McNary Wildlife Refuge

    #3693842
    d k
    BPL Member

    @dkramalc

    Cool shot!

    #3693845
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Thanks.  They bounce around here quite a bit before they continue their migration.  I gather they will hang out here at night and then fly out in the morning to nearby feeding grounds.  This was really early in the morning so I had to push the ISO quite a bit.  I know of one field they feed in.  I’ll drive down there later this week and see if I can catch them in better light.

    #3693848
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Yes, a cool shot. They looked so packed tightly together, it’s a wonder they don’t all crash into each other,

    #3693886
    DAN-Y
    BPL Member

    @zelph2

    Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois, snow geese migration

    Pelicans at Emiquon

    #3693889
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    Cool shot Ian.

    #3693892
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    nice pics both of you

    I see geese out my window.  I’ll have to try to get a shot.  Cool watching them day to day.

    #3693910
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Thanks all.

    Nice photos Dan.

    If you’ve never seen them IRL, the racket they make is comical.  I can’t see the slough from the parking lot but as soon as I stepped out of my vehicle, “yup… they’re here.”  You can hear them from miles away.

    Soft light = soft images.  That’s why I only kept this shot from over 100.  It’s far enough away that sharp detail isn’t critical.  Optimally if there was better lighting I would’ve stopped down more to have more depth of field, but the sun was just rising and I needed all the light I could gather.

    Sun is supposed to cut through the clouds today at noon.  I hope to drive to another refuge in Oregon this afternoon with the hopes of finding them at one of their feeding grounds.

     

    #3693911
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    ” the racket they make is comical”

    yeah

    or maybe cacophony : )

    #3693981
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Perhaps a ruckus

    #3693997
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    internet synonym generator

    #3694032
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    #3694042
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Neat!

    #3694064
    Kelly C
    BPL Member

    @drsolarmolar-2

    Packed tight like this they do crash into each other.  Predators will run after large groups of snow geese that have landed and in their panic to take off the geese collide.  It’s not uncommon for a goose or two to suffer a broken wing in the melee and become an easy meal.

    #3694402
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    That’s not hard to imagine Kelly.  I had been sitting in the blind for over a half hour before this shot, so it wasn’t like they were spooked, or at least spooked by me.  It seems like their MO when taking off for the feeding grounds for the day is to raise holy hell and chaos as they depart the slough.

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