Wednesday, 2nd January 2008
Snow Geese
by Charlene Burge
Skagit Flats area, Fir Island, Washington State. Wintering birds flushed by a distant hunters shotgun rose all in an amazing wave and flew over, with their cacophonic cries drowing out all other sounds.
Equipment: Olympus E-500
Charlene Burge
I like to think of myself as a landscape photographer more than anything else, but it seems like a lot of wildlife has wandered in front of my lens lately. What I search for most is unusual light to combine with the nice locations I find myself in - so sometimes I think maybe I'm getting halfway decent at being a "light" photographer.
Website: Flickr
Snow Geese by Charlene Burge was photo of the day on Wednesday, 2nd January 2008. It is tagged Abstract, Birds. You can leave a comment below.
24 Comments
Matt
Excellent,cool photo.
jimmy roussel
This reminds me of confusion. Normally you will see pictures of birds flying together but these snow geese are going in all directions. Birds and humans will flee when fear grips them.
Anurag
Almost looks like an abstract pattern
Anthony McAvoy
Nice capture. I hope nobody got dirty.
laurens
WICKED! :p
that many birds!!!
nice
Chad McCullough
Wow!! Very cool!
Renee
Neat photo! so did you cover your head?
Bobbi Bryant
Wonderful photo, i live just below you in Marysville, and had the fun of seeing them last year in the fields around Mt. Vernon.. The fields were white, i want to find the trumpeter swans , when and where they alight….
Tom Brooklyn
Very unusual composition. Weird looking in an interesting way. Never saw anything like that before. Cheers.
Rebecca
This happened to me in Bodega Bay.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Freaky shot! This is a lot of birds …
A lot of the geese are oof though. That’s kinda disturbing I think. Otherwise; good effort.
Tex
It would look cool for puzzle pieces!!
kml
Look out below! That must have been quite an experience that you captured beautifully!
Pauline Jones
This is a fantastic photo; it’s a pity that it was created by a gunshot.
June Kennedy
You Rock! I’d put in on my wall. Many nature shots look artificial, too perfect. This shot wasn’t staged it is the real deal.
John Summers
50+ swans did this to me when on a footbridge. They went over, under, right beside me. Could have touched several. But the noise! Mute swans’ wings whistle loudly! How do they miss a pile up? John S.
a.
I have never seen so many birds at one time!
Su
Looking carefully at this scene np two birds are in the same position amazing that they dont hit each other. Congrats
varanasi
Talk about being in the right place and the right time! Chaos aflight.
Jack - Portable Air Conditioners.net
The snow geese are killing the duck population numbers. They take over the breeding areas in the upper midwest, and Canada, and the ducks are left with no place to breed. The geese also will wipeout food sources overnight. I’m convinced it’s one of the main reasons our duck hunting here in Arkansas has been so much worse ever since around 2000. Thankfully they’ve opened up the goose season around here after duck season and made it more liberal. I’ve got some buddies going tomorrow with electronic callers and unplugged guns.
mike
Wow, so many geese in one place? Pretty amazing.
Renee
cool shot.
su
spectacular shot
Alice Messier
January14, 2010
Fabulously beautiful photo. I have been searching the internet for the best time to take a group of senior citizens up to Mt. Vernon to see the snow geese. No where do I see which month is best. Each year must be different so it seems to be a luck of the draw. Appreciate your best guess. Thankyou Alice