Title: Goose ID help
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 02-Dec-12, 01:50:59 PM
While at the grocery store today I saw 2 sets of geese flying south. Lots & lots & lots of geese. There were 2 distinct groups each with multiple "V" formations. I couldn't get all of either group in one frame. I'm not really sure what type of geese...the wing colors didn't look like Canada geese. The wing tips look darker than their bodies.
First group First group Second group
http://youtu.be/WURKNlBGSBs (http://youtu.be/WURKNlBGSBs)
Any opinions on what type they might be?
Maybe snow geese?
First group First group Second group
http://youtu.be/WURKNlBGSBs (http://youtu.be/WURKNlBGSBs)
Any opinions on what type they might be?
Maybe snow geese?
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Paul Hamilton on 02-Dec-12, 06:35:11 PM
They fly like Snow Geese.
Paul
Paul
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Wing Goose on 02-Dec-12, 06:41:23 PM
They sound like Snow Geese.
:music:
Lola
:music:
Lola
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Carol P. on 02-Dec-12, 07:36:41 PM
It they are Snow Geese, that's a lot of Snow Geese! Wow!
Good catch Ei.
:thumbsup:
Good catch Ei.
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 02-Dec-12, 08:15:01 PM
If it looks like a snow goose, flies like a snow goose and sounds like a snow goose I guess it's a snow goose! Life bird...sweet!
And there were even more than you can see here. I heard them while I was getting my cart and a lot of them were out of sight before I got out from under the overhang & got my camera out. I almost missed the second group. A woman in the parking lot gave me a whatchulookinat? & she started watching too. She saw me start putting my camera away after the first group passed & called out there's more. I had to go around the building to see them & I only caught the end of the group.
It was amazing!
And there were even more than you can see here. I heard them while I was getting my cart and a lot of them were out of sight before I got out from under the overhang & got my camera out. I almost missed the second group. A woman in the parking lot gave me a whatchulookinat? & she started watching too. She saw me start putting my camera away after the first group passed & called out there's more. I had to go around the building to see them & I only caught the end of the group.
It was amazing!
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Penelope99 on 02-Dec-12, 08:34:14 PM
Here, 2 times by year, during the spring and the automn, we can see this show given by snow geese who stop to eat near the St-Laurence river during their migration: http://www.meteomedia.com/your_weather/details/998/8232768/5/caqc0779/plpcities/20467/ (http://www.meteomedia.com/your_weather/details/998/8232768/5/caqc0779/plpcities/20467/)
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 02-Dec-12, 08:43:34 PM
:o WOW! Fabulous!
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Carol P. on 02-Dec-12, 09:57:11 PM
Pretty amazing! :clap:
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Donna on 02-Dec-12, 10:08:57 PM
Here, 2 times by year, during the spring and the automn, we can see this show given by snow geese who stop to eat near the St-Laurence river during their migration: http://www.meteomedia.com/your_weather/details/998/8232768/5/caqc0779/plpcities/20467/ (http://www.meteomedia.com/your_weather/details/998/8232768/5/caqc0779/plpcities/20467/)
It's an outbreak!! Whoa, that was way over the top!! Thanks Penelope!! Would love to see something like that!
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Penelope99 on 02-Dec-12, 10:22:24 PM
In a lucky day you can see them with Canada geese and many kinds of ducks.
Good luck to count them!!! :2funny:
Good luck to count them!!! :2funny:
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Donna on 02-Dec-12, 10:28:46 PM
In a lucky day you can see them with Canada geese and many kinds of ducks.
Good luck to count them!!! :2funny:
Good luck to count them!!! :2funny:
COUNT!!! :whistle: LOL
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: AlisonL on 04-Dec-12, 08:27:48 PM
Your pics and video are fascinating, Dumpsterkitty! They do look like Snow Geese. I don't know much about them, but have read that Snow Geese fly in bunched flocks or U formations. Some of the birds in your pics are in V formations, so those may be Ross's Geese, which are very similar to Snow Geese, but smaller, and tend to travel with Snow Geese.
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 04-Dec-12, 08:38:25 PM
Your pics and video are fascinating, Dumpsterkitty! They do look like Snow Geese. I don't know much about them, but have read that Snow Geese fly in bunched flocks or U formations. Some of the birds in your pics are in V formations, so those may be Ross's Geese, which are very similar to Snow Geese, but smaller, and tend to travel with Snow Geese.
Interesting. I'll have to take a closer look to see if there's any noticeable size difference in any of them.
Title: Re: Goose ID help
Post by: Donna on 07-Dec-12, 09:16:17 AM
Snow geese make comeback, NY
http://poststar.com/news/local/snow-geese-make-comeback/article_053aac02-3f53-11e2-8daa-001a4bcf887a.html (http://poststar.com/news/local/snow-geese-make-comeback/article_053aac02-3f53-11e2-8daa-001a4bcf887a.html) Here ya go Ei!
Snow geese swirl above a harvested corn field as they prepare to land, feed and rest during a migration stopover in Moreau Saturday, December 1, 2012. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the population of snow geese in the United States was so low that a hunting ban was instituted from 1916-1975. The population has since exploded, causing destruction to some of the birds' nesting habitat which is unable to sustain them is such large numbers.
http://poststar.com/news/local/snow-geese-make-comeback/article_053aac02-3f53-11e2-8daa-001a4bcf887a.html (http://poststar.com/news/local/snow-geese-make-comeback/article_053aac02-3f53-11e2-8daa-001a4bcf887a.html) Here ya go Ei!
Snow geese swirl above a harvested corn field as they prepare to land, feed and rest during a migration stopover in Moreau Saturday, December 1, 2012. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the population of snow geese in the United States was so low that a hunting ban was instituted from 1916-1975. The population has since exploded, causing destruction to some of the birds' nesting habitat which is unable to sustain them is such large numbers.