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In the park around Nymphenburg Palace.
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It looks like the geese were preparing to take flight, but they weren't.
There were about 20 Canada Goose in fairly deep water at an inlet/outlet between Lake St. Clair and the marsh of the metropark. I watched as, one by one, they lifted from the water slightly by flapping their wings, then with an enormous splash, disappeared under the water. When they emerged, they "ran" as shown in the picture and settled back onto the water, never taking flight.
Geese often bottom feed in shallow water by dipping their heads under the water, but I have never seen geese "diving" in deeper water in this manner. Nor have I seen them bathing in deep, icy waters by diving.
Has anyone else seen this behavior by Canada Geese?
Taken at Wolseley Nature Centre, Staffordshire.
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Terribly funny! The necks of those geese sticking out of the high grass seemed to get longer and longer the closer I got, but they did not want to get up. In the end I turned around to walk a differend path lest they hurt those graceful necks :)
These sweet natured geese lived on a property where I rented a room for a few years.
Beautiful piece of wetland with a small river running through it, and a couple of waterfalls.
The owner died a few weeks ago. He used to talk about leaving the property to the Nature Conservancy. Don't know if that ever happened.
Shediac Bay is almost clear of ice and the Canada Geese have been returning since last week to areas along the Northumberland Strait. C'Mon Spring !!!
A mixed flock of Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) and Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) rest on a small wetland after feeding in a grain field southeast of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
26 September, 2021.
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While leaving Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Delta, BC there happened to be a huge flock of snow geese just off the road in a farmer's field. It was quite the sight for me to see.
Seems late in the season, they might have lost their eggs to addling. Apparently if they suspect their eggs were tampered with they will lay again.
From Wikipedia "Goose egg addling is a wildlife management method of population control for Canada geese and other bird species. The process of addling involves temporarily removing fertilized eggs from the nest, testing for embryo development, killing the embryo, and placing the egg back in the nest. Returning the egg to the nest misleads the goose into believing the egg is still developing. Otherwise, the goose would begin laying again."