Lesser Snow Geese

Photographed near Winchester, Ontario about 40 minutes from downtown Ottawa. Approximately 2-3000 of these gesse have paused there for the past few weeks during their migration. Snow geese traditionally migrate slightly farther east through Quebec but over the past 5 years the western band of the migration route appears to have expanded into eastern Ontario.

1. A Snow Goose cocks its head towards a tree swallow as it rises up from feeding on insects over the lagoon.

nice set, really like 2 and 3, especially 3

Great shots Stephen, I have never seen a snow goose in person, but hopefully one of these days I will.

Nice shots, like the last one...

rick_reno wrote in post #14373404
nice set, really like 2 and 3, especially 3

Thank you Rick.

Shar824 wrote in post #14374024
Great shots Stephen, I have never seen a snow goose in person, but hopefully one of these days I will.

Sharon thank you for commenting.

sgt217 wrote in post #14374254
Nice shots, like the last one...

Thanks SGT.

Nicely done Stephen with the second and third images getting my vote.

Great to see you back at POTN...I just came back myself a couple of months ago...always was my favourite site

All are very good, but #3 is quite the spectacle!

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #14375374
Nicely done Stephen with the second and third images getting my vote.

Great to see you back at POTN...I just came back myself a couple of months ago...always was my favourite site

Thanks Gary. It seems a lomg time since we generated enough support for Birds to have their own forum.

Crimzon wrote in post #14376018
All are very good, but #3 is quite the spectacle!

Thank you Trevor.

There is a childrens story that could be written based upon that first shot Stepehn.

All are very good, but my favorite is the third as it is composed very well, has excellent IQ and is completely effective is communicating the dynamic of the behavior.

Very nice

Diamond Lil wrote in post #14376729
There is a childrens story that could be written based upon that first shot Stepehn.

All are very good, but my favorite is the third as it is composed very well, has excellent IQ and is completely effective is communicating the dynamic of the behavior.

Lil thank you for the kind words.

Snydremark wrote in post #14376776
Very nice

Thank you Snydremark

Super set of images.
Alf.

Excellent presentation of this beautiful goose... all the shots give us a great look at this magnificent bird... I especially enjoyed the last two shots, WoW... that flock shot is amazing, it must have been fun to see and hear this whole episode.

Dave

nice series, Stephen

Very nice