A perfect reflection in the still canal water gives the impression of this goose kissing itself.
Geese and goslings flap and run down the towpath near the James Brindley bar in the Gas Street area of Birmingham.
The Canada Goose 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 V-shaped formation signal the transitions into spring and autumn. The diet of the Canada Goose includes green vegetation and grains. The Canada Goose eats a variety of grasses when on land. It feeds by grasping a blade of grass with the bill, then tearing it with a jerk of the head.
Peaceful October sunrise on Rainy Lake at Fort Frances, Ontario – Canada as Canadian geese cruise the shoreline of Sand Bay at Pithers Point Park. Best viewed large.
A Canada goose.
This female Canada Goose is sitting on her clutch of eggs and warns by the look of her body language, “don’t come any closer”. Photo taken in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada
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The baby goslings actually fell asleep while I was taking pictures of them… sheesh, guess I really am boring! / /
Baby canada geese… getting ready for a nap…. / /
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Same place, same year, different morning.
This is one of my favorite birds. They mate for life, their cry is almost archetypal, they are survivors, wonderful parents, and just great to photograph. This one is coming in to “land” on a pond in the waters of the Fraser River Estuary and wetlands south of Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. This image was captured on my Nikon D300 at ISO 400, 1/800 second, f9, 340 mm on my 200-400 mm Nikon lens.
Photographed in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba
Canada geese flying. See more bird pictures here Birds
Mother Canada goose coos a lullaby to her newborn gosling. Beneath her wing a half dozen others take shelter from an April shower. Photo taken in the Alton Baker area of Eugene, Oregon.
Standing on one leg resting, this Canada Goose Gander, was standing guard over the nest where the female sat on the eggs. Taken in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada on the road to Ingolf, Ontario. Canon 50D; Sigma 150-500mm lens / Until he saw that I took a photo of the not-so-well hidden nest! / /
This is the parent of the goslings I posted recently. There were two parents initially (well, obviously it required two initially), but both were very active in raising the goslings last week, and now there’s only this one parent left. They’re very protective of their young. Canada Geese are monogamous and mate for life, so the other parent didn’t just take off – something must have happened recently. An accident or predation. Despite recent event, this one remaining parent is very actively involved with the goslings and very protective. There are probably some bird experts that could tell if this is a male or female – I have no clue. There was just enough light trickling through the hazy sky to get a decent photo, and I couldn’t resist the green background. Viewed at pixel-level, you can see trees and other park features reflected in the eye of the goose. Canada Goose Gosling (Branta canadensis) / Crown Hill Park, Lakewood, CO / Sony a700 / Sigma 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4TC / Giottos tripod, Acratech ballhead, Wimberley Sidekick ISO400, f/3.2, 1/640sec
This is the single remaining parent of the four goslings I recently posted. I’m not sure what happened to the other parent, but I suspect it’s not good news. As a single parent, this goose has to do double parent duty, and is very protective of the goslings – it hisses and gestures at anyone getting too close to its young. The dominant gosling is now imitating this behavior and also hisses and gestures at passers by. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) / Crown Hill Park, Lakewood, CO / Sony a700 / Sigma 150-500mm / Giottos tripod, Acratech ballhead, Wimberley Sidekick ISO400, f/8, 1/800sec, 500mm
Not too far from home there are a couple of man-made pools. A few Canada Goose pairs raise their families there every year. Here, a gossling, accompanied by his parents, go for a swim in their private pool. Something that amazed me was how fast the gosslings change colour. A week or ten days before I took this picture, they were still in their yellow/black stage. Here, the colour has already changed to the more familiar adolescent markings. Olympus E-510; 40-150 mm lens / ISO 100; f:8; 1/80 sec. / 300 mm equivalent
Lake Carasaljo / Lakewood, New Jersey / Oct 2009 / Nikon D80 w/24-120 mm VR
One of the locals takes a swim in this golden pond at Wheeler Farm before the snow flies and he does too. Yes, another one of those snowbirds, they come to enjoy our spring summer and fall, then off they fly to some unknown land. Always in search of a golden pond. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / 1/200 sec. – f / 2.8 – ISO 100 / Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
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