Goose ID help

[Dumpsterkitty]

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

Any opinions on what type they might be?

Maybe snow geese?

[Paul Hamilton]

They fly like Snow Geese.

Paul

[Wing Goose]

They sound like Snow Geese.
                 
                    Lola

[Carol P.]

It they are Snow Geese, that's a lot of Snow Geese!  Wow!

Good catch Ei.

 

[Dumpsterkitty]

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!

[Penelope99]

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/

[Dumpsterkitty]

  WOW! Fabulous!

[Carol P.]

Pretty amazing!   

[Donna]

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/

It's an outbreak!! Whoa, that was way over the top!! Thanks Penelope!! Would love to see something like that!

[Penelope99]

In a lucky day you can see them with Canada geese and many kinds of ducks.
Good luck to count them!!!

[Donna]

In a lucky day you can see them with Canada geese and many kinds of ducks.
Good luck to count them!!!

COUNT!!!    LOL

[AlisonL]

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.

[Dumpsterkitty]

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.

[Donna]

Snow geese make comeback, NY

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.