Snow Geese at Bosque

kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
edited December 14, 2008 in Wildlife
#1
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#2
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#3 "What are you looking at?"
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#4 What are they looking at?
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#5 There they go...
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#6 "Wait for us!!!"
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Thanks for looking.
-joel
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2008
    Awesome, love #3, looks like he is 'on approach'
    Photos
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2008
    Great set Joel. Really love 2 and 3 clap.gif I am envious of your trip. Are you still there?
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 11, 2008
    Thanks, guys!

    No, I'm not still there. Wish I was. It was just a weekend trip.

    I'm hurrying to get all my pictures posted before Harry and Russ (Riddim_Maker) get back and make my pictures look pitiful. :cry

    Cheers,
    -joel
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2008
    Outstanding captures Joel. clap.gif I'm packing right now and will be heading home with around 5,000 images to process. What an incredible place! #5 does an excellent job capturing the feel of the snow geese taking off.
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  • Louis ChampanLouis Champan Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2008
    Great captures on these snow geese. I just got back from Bosque on Wednesday after spending 5 days there. What a great place.

    Louie
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 12, 2008
    Louis Champan wrote:
    Great captures on these snow geese. I just got back from Bosque on Wednesday after spending 5 days there. What a great place.

    Louie
    Yeah, I know. We had dinner together on Sunday night at the brewery.. rolleyes1.gif

    It was good to meet you, and looking forward to seeing your shots, Louis. :D

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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    Very handsome geese Joel. Great work.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    That last is amazing. Great candidate for black and white large print
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  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    Hi Joel --- These are really great shots, very nice, both the close-ups and habitat shots.

    I just got back from your favorite place, the Salton Sea, but there was no way I could get as close to the snow geese (or any other birds) there as you did at Bosque. I even dressed up in one of those porto-blinds. It freaked out the egrets. --- John
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    excellent captures :ivar
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    Dave
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 14, 2008
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding captures Joel. clap.gif I'm packing right now and will be heading home with around 5,000 images to process. What an incredible place! #5 does an excellent job capturing the feel of the snow geese taking off.

    Thanks a bunch, Harry. 5,000 captures ought to keep you out of trouble for a few weeks. mwink.gif Can't wait to see what you got.

    Cheers,
    -joel
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 14, 2008
    Maestro wrote:
    Very handsome geese Joel. Great work.
    Thank you, sir!

    -joel
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 14, 2008
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    That last is amazing. Great candidate for black and white large print
    Hey thanks, Awais. I actually spent quite a bit of time trying to get a good blur shot like that. It's not as easy as it looks!

    I may try your B&W suggestion.

    Cheers,
    -joel
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 14, 2008
    JohnDC wrote:
    Hi Joel --- These are really great shots, very nice, both the close-ups and habitat shots.

    I just got back from your favorite place, the Salton Sea, but there was no way I could get as close to the snow geese (or any other birds) there as you did at Bosque. I even dressed up in one of those porto-blinds. It freaked out the egrets. --- John
    Thanks, John. Glad you liked 'em. As I mentioned in your coyote thread, I'd forgotten how skittish the birds were at SS. I'd been planning to go back to SS some time soon. But maybe should just stick to Bosque now, even though it's a lot further. I'm real curious whether you saw the burrowing owls this time.

    BTW, I was fortunate to attend a talk given by the head biologist at Bosque. Learned all sorts of interesting stuff, most of which you probably already know. I was surprised to learn that snow geese have to rest four or five days to recover from just one day of flying. So each hour spent eating is real important to them. Turns out that just taking off expends several eating hours worth of energy right there. That really brought home the importance of treading lightly around them.

    Cheers,
    -joel
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