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Challenged Flying Snow Geese at Middle Creek, PA | March 24, 2011 |
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With some 60,000 snow geese at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, Pennsylvania, this year, you can expect to see some atypical behavior.
For example, the first flap of a thousand-mile journey is not necessary the most difficult. And what went through the snow goose's mind during the following maneuvers? Flying's pretty good today. |
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Oops. How did that happen? |
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How embarrassing! It's becoming worse and worse. |
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I think I'm getting the hang of it now.
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Oh no! I should've stayed in bed.
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(To be fair to the challenged snow goose, the winds were very strong in the morning.)
Photo note: I used a Pentax K20D, with the Sigma 150-500mm lens, for these photos, taken on 4 March 2011. Following is a list of my photos and videos from Middle Creek 2009, 2010, and 2011. | |
Snow geese video: Swarm Motion (3.8 megs) | Every Which Way Swarm (5.5 megs)
Snow geese photos: Swarms
MIDDLE CREEK 2010
Snow geese video: Brief swarm (1.6 megs) | Complex swarm (8 megs)
Snow geese photos: Near and far and highlights
MIDDLE CREEK 2009
Snow geese video: Flyby (3.8 megs) | Swarm (15 megs)
Snow geese photos: Incoming! | Swarm sequence | Bands
My Pennsylvania bird list | Snow geese and Blue snow geese closeups
