I biked to the dyke today in the beautiful afternoon. Here're the photos that I took.
Today's sky-watch photo. Quite pleasant.
Watched a wild chase between a female Northern Harrier (left) and three crows.
Watched a wild chase between a female Northern Harrier (left) and three crows.I also had a fun time observing how the Snow Geese perform their landings.
1. Hover to where one wishes to land.
2. Flap wings to generate some lift to avoid crashing to the ground and landing on other goose. Voila! A safe landing.
Snow Geese are not completely white, as you can see their wings are black tipped. It is thanks to a dark pigment called melanin, as it helps to strength the wingtips of most white-winged birds. (I just learned about this fact from Julie Zickefoose's latest post on Jabiru.)
Someone decided to collect some Snow Geese feathers and decorate this ancient fence post.
Feathers up-close.
Great Blue Heron waiting for me to leave so that it can go back to staring into the water..
5 comments:
Great shots of the Snow Geese. I almost felt I needed to duck when I saw the one goose coming straight at me!
We had a beautiful day too. Great "landing" photos on those snow geese.
Excellent post, I would love to see snow goose, but it happens only rarely over here
I could watch them land and take off all day long. They are quite beautiful geese.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. The Snow Geese are quite common during this time of the year as they migrate northward again. I'm just glad they allowed me to get close enough to take these photos.
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