{"id":9167,"date":"2012-11-16T09:26:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T16:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2012-11-16T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T00:16:38","slug":"snow-geese-on-the-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/snow-geese-on-the-causeway\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Geese On The Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few days there have been two Snow Geese along the causeway to Antelope Island – an adult and a juvenile.\u00a0 This species nests on the arctic tundra and is in the midst of migration to more hospitable climes for the winter.\u00a0\u00a0Parents stay with their young through the first winter and families generally\u00a0don’t break up until they reach their breeding grounds the following spring.<\/p>\n

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When we relocated these two birds yesterday morning (we’d also seen them two days before) the sun had not yet cleared the elevated causeway road so the birds were still in shade.\u00a0\u00a0 I include this image so adult and juvenile can be compared and so that you can see the dramatic changes that occur when the warm, early morning light advances on the birds.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Here, the light has just reached the head and neck of the adult.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0A few seconds later it has advanced to the feet but not to the\u00a0ground.\u00a0 It was interesting to watch the light move down the bird.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I didn’t get a lot of action out of either bird – this yawn from the juvenile…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0and a wing and foot stretch was about the only “excitement” I got.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The adult Snow Goose shows a distinctive black “grin patch”.<\/p>\n

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One thing I found very interesting with these birds was the\u00a0marked difference in general “demeanor” between juvenile and adult.\u00a0 The adult always walked erect, with its neck in almost a vertical position – contrasted to the posture you see here from the juvenile with the neck retracted and the bird generally looking down as it followed the adult.\u00a0\u00a0I had the impression that this body language\u00a0of the\u00a0juvenile might be an acknowledgement of the dominance of the adult, but of course that’s only a guess.\u00a0 \u00a0It was a curious and consistent contrast in behaviors between the two birds\u00a0that I found interesting.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the last few days there have been two Snow Geese along the causeway to Antelope Island – an adult and a juvenile.\u00a0 This species nests on the arctic tundra and is in the midst of migration to more hospitable climes for the winter.\u00a0\u00a0Parents stay with their young through the first winter and families generally\u00a0don’t break up until they reach their breeding grounds the following spring.   \u00a01\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light When we relocated these two birds yesterday morning (we’d also seen them two days before) the sun had not yet cleared the elevated causeway road so the birds were still in shade.\u00a0\u00a0 I include this image so adult and juvenile can be compared and so that you can see the dramatic changes that occur when the warm, early morning light advances on the birds.     \u00a0\u00a01\/640, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light \u00a0Here, the light has just reached the head and neck of the adult.     \u00a01\/640, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light \u00a0A few seconds later it has advanced to the feet but not to the\u00a0ground.\u00a0 It was interesting to watch the light move down the bird.     \u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light \u00a0I didn’t get a lot of action out of either bird – this yawn from the juvenile…     \u00a01\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light \u00a0and a wing and foot stretch was about the only “excitement”…<\/p>\n

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