A Few Recent Birds
This is one of my roughly semiannual attempts to give my readers a feel for some of the birds I’ve been photographing recently that didn’t make it to my blog.
Tag: canada goose
A Bird In Flight Enigma And A Surgical Update
Two unrelated post subjects this morning, one mysterious and one clinical. Clinical comes first so we can get it out of the way.
Canada Geese In Flight With A Snowy Mountain Background
I realize that some folks aren’t big fans of Canada Geese. But I’ve got’em, I shoot what’s available and if I like the photos I post’em.
And I like these.
Canada Goose Coming In For A Landing On Water
It’s ironic that the incident with Captain Sully Sullenberger’s flight 1549 was caused by bird strikes that completely disabled both engines because the species involved was the Canada Goose.
Canada Goose Serendipity
I can like photos of any bird species no matter how common and believe it or not I actually got a flight shot I like yesterday, despite our inversion and gunky air.
Canada Goose – A Running Takeoff On Water
Geese: Canada And Snow
Getting photos I like at my local pond isn’t easy – not because of a lack of birds but because there’s often too many.
Canada Goose Running On Water (including differing perspectives)
When I’m able to capture photos like these I realize that I don’t aim my lens at Canada Geese as often as I should.
Blue Jays In Utah And Pied-billed Grebes – Rare Birds And Food Fights
Some Recent Birds
Six images, six species.
None of these photos is an award-winner but for disparate reasons each one grabs me just a little and I’ll mention why in this post. All of them were taken in the last several weeks.
Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating
A Goose Of A Different Feather
I see hybrid wild ducks fairly often in the field but a hybrid Canada Goose was a new experience for me.
A Trio Of Canada Geese In Flight
The calls of Canada Geese in flight are harbingers of the changing seasons and that’s certainly the case around here.
Some Pet Peeves Regarding Birds And Terminology
I suspect all of us have personal pet peeves about things that are important to us. These are some of mine regarding birds and the words that some people apply to them.
Mating Canada Geese
These large geese are very impressive up close, especially during their mating rituals.