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The whole family came right up to my back room. I might not have noticed but the goose pounded on the glass with its beak.
This is a Snow Goose set. These images were all taken over the past few days at a place called Murray Marsh NW of Edmonton. This is part of a relatively small flock of about 200. We sometimes see flocks in the tens of thousands. I added three more shots in the comment box. The first one shows a dark morph Snow Goose (Blue Goose), and two far away shots of whiffling Snow Geese.
Murray Marsh, Alberta. September 2013.
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A large goose, with a distinctive black head and neck and large white throat patch. An introduced species from N America, it has successfully spread to cover most of the UK. It forms noisy flocks and is often regarded as a nuisance in areas where large numbers occur on amenity grassland and parks.
My first 100% confirmed Cackling Goose. I'm counting it as my lifer. And a pretty good comparison shot with a Canada Goose right next to it. Kind of neat. Taken in Bartholomew Co, IN.
Busbridge lakes are home to a magnificent array of birds, from common breeds in England and exotic ones from South America. I'm pretty sure this is just a goose.
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Canada Goose Ruffles Its Feathers
An adult Canada Goose wades in the water and ruffles its feathers in Nanaimo, BC
The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a rare large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China. Vagrant birds are encountered in Japan and Korea (where it used to winter in numbers when it was more common), and more rarely in Kazakhstan, Laos, coastal Siberia, Taiwan, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
While uncommon in the wild, this species has been domesticated. Introduced and feral populations of its domestic breeds occur in many places outside its natural range. The wild form is also kept in collections, and escapes are not unusual amongst feral flocks of other
The voice is a loud drawn-out and ascending honking sound. As a warning call, a similar but more barking honk is given two or three times in short succession.
This looks like a cross between a goose and a swan. Turns out it is called a Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) and this form appears to be the domestic variety and not the imperiled wild variety native to China. Apparently you can tell by that knob at the base of the bill.
Another in my project to capture Canada Geese in flight. It is amazing what detail the camera can capture in the magnificent flapping wings, detail which the naked human eye misses.
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Last upload from visit to RHS Wisley on 9th May, 2014. It was easier to photograph the adult birds than the little ones, they just wouldn't sit still!
Melting ice, water reflections and geese settling into life again are all signs that spring is on its way.
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