Snow Geese touchdown

Snow Geese touchdown

Snow Geese landing in a potato field in our area : )

Some of the snow geese were finding potatoes that had been left behind, and they were hurrying off with their prizes : )

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: canon eos camera/100-400 Lcanon lens

Created on: 5 March 2008

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Image Number: 46783

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Comments:

Alandrapal from Canada on Mar 21, 2008 at 5:20 AM said:

thanks again, Tania. It is fun to watch their antics. they are quite comical.

Tmr8 from New Zealand on Mar 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM said:

Alandra what a capture. This is fantastic. Love it

Alandrapal from Canada on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:22 AM said:

have just enlarged the image, and realized it's not the head and beak of a goose near the wing of the goose on the Left. It's just a clod of earth on the furrow : ) But am sure it's an extra pink leg near that goose on the left.

Alandrapal from Canada on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:18 AM said:

that's nice of you all, many thanks Janice, Alex, Lorraine, Carol & Karen. Glad you liked it. It's not really a very pretty setting, but the geese turned out nicely. Noticed one extra leg behind the goose at the left lol, -- guess there must be another goose behind there someplace, but at first it surprised me. Have just noticed what looks like a bit of a goose head and beak near the raised wing of that goose at the left. Hard to see with the furrows there.

Yes, it was funny watching a couple of the geese grab a potato and rush off with it, with the others following. Guess they are looking for grubs mostly, but just happened to find a few stray spuds. Am not sure if they actually eat the spuds or not, but they seemed happy with their prizes : ) You'd wonder how their blunt beaks would break the potato.

Sparkle1103 from USA on Mar 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM said:

Great shot. I love the way they alight the ground.

Whittler113 from USA on Mar 16, 2008 at 4:43 PM said:

A very nice shot of all three of those geese landing,great timing.

Lorraine from New Zealand on Mar 16, 2008 at 3:21 PM said:

neat capture, very well caught.

Shutterbug from USA on Mar 16, 2008 at 6:47 AM said:

Great capture Alandra, I think this would be a great panning photo.

Carol

Karenmoen from United States of America on Mar 16, 2008 at 2:42 AM said:

Wow, they eat potatoes! I thought they were hunting bugs in the topsoil. Lol!! Great shot.

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