We saw some snow geese, thousands of them! It took us a couple of hours to drive there and it took several years for us to actually make the effort to go see them. The pandemic is making us change our activities, sometimes for the good.
Here's some info about snow geese from the Cornell birding site, if you're interested: "Snow Geese are vegetarians with voracious appetites for grasses, sedges, rushes, forbs, horsetails, shrubs, and willows. They will consume nearly any part of a plant—including seeds, stems, leaves, tubers, and roots—either by grazing, shearing plants off at ground level, or ripping entire stems from the ground. Food passes through the Snow Goose’s digestive tract in only an hour or two, generating 6 to 15 droppings per hour. The defecation rate is highest when a goose is grubbing for rhizomes, because such food is very high in fiber and the goose inevitably swallows mud."
that's a lot of birds. i'd be covering myself with disposable raincoat if i ever encounter them. birds has no respect for me, especially those damned sea gulls!😂
That is such an amazing capture, so many on the same spot. Well worth the long drive. Whenever I comment on photo's of followers, your face is there too. Thought it a good reason to look at your album and I like what I see ;-)
@farmreporter Thanks Wendy! Yes, I can imagine! I was thinking of you and your farm and wondering if you had a problem with them. We were in the Moose Creek area.
Wow - There's a place about an hour from me that they say the snow geese come often in December-January. Going to have to try to make that trip after seeing this.
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I'm wondering what is left after their feast!