At sunrise each morning, the snow geese take off as if a single unit, responding to a signal of some kind. Always around sunrise, and always together. They leave behind the sandhill cranes who leave in family clusters. Fascinating to watch!
Apart from being a wonderful photo (and favourite), the seasonal changes it shows are so interesting. And on a hot Melbourne morning the thought of snow geese and sandhill cranes . . .
Fabulous sight, I can just imagine the sound as well. Many years ago we spent a week in Cap Tourmente in Quebec photographing these and it is a wonderful memory.
When a group of us went to photograph them a few years ago, I was amazed at how they moved in waves from one part of the field to the other. Beautiful shot!
Fabulous shot!