Snow Geese by Charlene Burge

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.

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23 Comments

Matt Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 am
Excellent,cool photo.
jimmy roussel Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:43 am
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 Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Almost looks like an abstract pattern
Anthony McAvoy Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Nice capture. I hope nobody got dirty.
laurens Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
WICKED! :p

that many birds!!!
nice
Chad McCullough Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Wow!! Very cool!
Renee Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Neat photo! so did you cover your head?
Bobbi Bryant Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
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 Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Very unusual composition. Weird looking in an interesting way. Never saw anything like that before. Cheers.
Rebecca Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
This happened to me in Bodega Bay.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
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 Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 am
It would look cool for puzzle pieces!!
kml Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 am
Look out below! That must have been quite an experience that you captured beautifully!
Pauline Jones Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
This is a fantastic photo; it’s a pity that it was created by a gunshot.
June Kennedy Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
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 Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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. Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I have never seen so many birds at one time!
Su Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
Looking carefully at this scene np two birds are in the same position amazing that they dont hit each other. Congrats
varanasi Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Talk about being in the right place and the right time! Chaos aflight.
Jack - Portable Air Conditioners.net Says:
February 18th, 2009 at 12:22 am
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 Says:
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Wow, so many geese in one place? Pretty amazing.
Renee Says:
December 30th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
cool shot.
su Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 am
spectacular shot