Today thousands. This flock took long enough to fly past for Alan and me to stand discussing whether he had time to run inside for the camera. Enough to decide, well maybe. For him to run inside and get it. For me to take dozens of pictures. At least five or six minutes. At least a thousand geese. Probably many more than that.
That must be so neat!
ReplyDeleteWe don't get that here.
That's a lot of geese! I haven't noticed any big flocks of them flying over here yet. It should be soon.
ReplyDeleteHow incredible is that!
ReplyDeleteFC we don't get see that either. They're mostly in the lagoon swimming around or huddled on the island.
We do have a zillion wild turkeys. Everywhere.
I call them the "poor man's goose".
:-)
I clicked on your wonderful pictures and had to smile at the doves on the peak of the house watching their wild cousins heading north.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I need to find someplace wild to experience this great turning of the seasons.
A few nights ago, I stood outside and listened for a long time to geese flying over, and I thought of you. I figured the geese were flying along the river, so even during the day, I'm more likely to hear them than to see them. -NW.
ReplyDeleteWe've got one paiar back! Spring is a commin'!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! A few flocks of ducks are about all we see here.
ReplyDeleteMust have been a big day for them, they are great in such numbers like that!
ReplyDeleteCool! I don't think I've ever seen Canada Geese in such numbers.
ReplyDeleteWe had our first swallows yesterday -- that was pretty exciting too. :)
FC, this is the second most active year I have ever seen for geese and assorted water fowl. haven't seen a single snow goose yet though, which is unusual.
ReplyDeleteStacy, they are simply amazing!
Steve, We have turkeys too...too darned many of them some years. They eat a shocking amount of planted seeds.
Cathy, Thanks, I laughed at that too...and they were looking up. It would have been hard not to, there were so many geese. I almost tried for a video, but it probably would have been way too long to post.
NW, they are down here in droves, but we saw some on the ride down to college too...gleaning the fields.
Linda, glad some at least are showing up...funny, it is so much greener there than here
Ken, thanks!!
Mon@rch, the kids and I were watching some in the river today, floating down on the current and then flying back up. They were like kids on a slide
rurality, thanks, I think they find the perfect conditions here, the river offers safety, the corn fields are loaded with buried kernels and there are plenty of swamps to guddle around in too. Still this has been a spectacular year for them, second best ever.