On The Move
by Nick Boren
Title
On The Move
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Photography
Description
I love to watch and photograph geese as they fly through the air. They are very graceful creatures!
From Wikipedia:
Like most geese, the Canada goose is naturally migratory with the wintering range being most of the United States. The calls overhead from large groups of Canada geese flying in a V-shaped formation signal the transitions into spring and autumn. In some areas, migration routes have changed due to changes in habitat and food sources. In mild climates from southwestern British Columbia to California to the Great Lakes, some of the population has become nonmigratory due to adequate winter food supply and a lack of former predators.[citation needed][36]
Males exhibit agonistic behavior both on and off breeding and nesting grounds. This behavior rarely involves interspecific killing. One documented case involved a male defending his nest from a brant that wandered into the area; the following attack lasted for one hour until the death of the brant. The cause of death was suffocation or drowning in mud as a direct result of the Canada goose's pecking the head of the brant into the mud. Researchers attributed it to high hormone levels and the brant's inability to leave the nesting area.[37]
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February 11th, 2024
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Comments (12)
Shoal Hollingsworth
Wonderful work. Thank you for submitting your image to the Ducks, Geese and Swans Only Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F
Nick Boren replied:
Thank you very much Shoal for comment and featuring my geese image in your group!
Darlene Kwiatkowski
Beautiful movement and clarity! Love watching them... They are very family oriented and wonderful parents! Nice work Mr. Nikon Nick!!
Issie Alexander
Beautiful capture Nick. I love hearing them flying over, when they are migrating for Winter