This tightly packed cluster of Canada Geese is pretty much at the center of an upsurge involving more than a … More
Category: Canada Geese
Migration à la Monet
Light in the trees was so perfect that I couldn’t resist naming this photo of migrating geese in honor of … More
First Up!
Here’s Clyde, among the first Canada Geese to erupt from the freezing pond, seen a split second later than our … More
The Loner
This fellow lagged most of the others in departing the freezing pond. Why, I cannot say, but it’s fun to … More
The Executives
These three Canada Geese appear to be the leaders of this leg in the migration, rising up together… It’s impossible … More
The Holdout
In the midst of the upward hubub, I notice one lone holdout. Calmly swimming, immune to the seemingly irresistible flock … More
Eruption 3
Then even more geese rise skyward in a powerful upward gust that feels inescapable, their flickering wings resembling flames in a wildfire… And … More
Eruption 2
Now the entire gaggle thunders upward, heads up, wings wagging, beating air, departing water… And I feel I’m somehow part … More
Eruption!
At Golden Hour before sunset in one of the last days remaining before frost will claim the pond, this Canada Goose is among the first to form the skein threading south…
Air Power
“And I dreamed I saw three B52s in formation overhead, Turning into Canada Geese above our nation…” After Joni Mitchell, … More