{"id":165778,"date":"2024-12-11T06:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=165778"},"modified":"2024-12-11T07:38:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:38:26","slug":"canada-geese-in-flight-a-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/11\/canada-geese-in-flight-a-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Geese In Flight – A Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many people, I have mixed feelings about Canada Geese as photo subjects. They’re so common, and they can be so tame, I seldom photograph them unless they’re in flight. This time of year, flocks of them regularly fly low and noisily over my house and the sights and sounds of them flying in V formations stir my primal and photographic juices. But I almost never have my photo gear handy when they fly over my house because they always do so unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

A week ago today, as I opened my garage door just prior to visiting some local ponds for bird photography, a huge flock of geese flew low and loud, just barely skimming over the neighborhood trees. They were close and in great morning light and there I was with my gear only a few feet away in my pickup but I knew it would take me too long to retrieve it and get some photos. So I just watched and listened to them with a mix of enjoyment, admiration and frustration.<\/p>\n

But less than 15 minutes later, after I arrived at one of the ponds, I had another chance.<\/p>\n

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While I was trying to photograph a female kingfisher, I heard and eventually saw another flock of geese flying low and coming right at me. These are grab shots of two of the dozen or so geese I randomly chose to focus on.<\/p>\n

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Canada Geese form long-term pair bonds that are rarely relinquished until death and males are slightly larger than females. So it’s possible, even likely, that these two are a mated pair with the slightly larger and darker male at bottom.<\/p>\n

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They continued to fly together. The presumed female is missing some flight feathers.<\/p>\n

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The tree at bottom left is an indication of how low they were flying. I believe they were thinking about landing on the pond but they ended up circling around and going elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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The presumed male, up close and personal. After this shot they were past me.<\/p>\n

I realize that Canada Geese may be unlikely to generate much enthusiasm amongst some of my readers but they have feathers and they aren’t invasive so they’re fair game for this bird photographer. Our avian landscapes would be pretty barren without them.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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In some circles Canada Geese don’t get a lot of respect but our avian landscapes would be pretty barren without them. (5 photos)<\/p>\n

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