Snow Geese - 3/9/11
by Benjamin Tillotson
Friday, March 11, 2011, 11:43am
I visited the masses of snow geese this week. There were probably close to 25,000 in a single sandpit lake. It was hard for me to get a good perspective of the group with the 400mm lens because every picture is just a small portion of how many were really there.
See if you can count all the birds in this photo... And let me know.. :P
I drove south of the river and saw a few Cranes. I think the recent snow storm and cold temps have kept a lot of them south longer.
Some sort of migratory ducks I think.
Some Mallard ducks. I think I know what they look like at least.
And more ducks.
Sort of artistic maybe?
Seagull.
The mass of snow geese from a distance. They all started heading east for some reason. Maybe to further clog the lakes around Grand Island.
"N" stands for Nebraska! If it doesn't look like an N to you your looking at it the wrong way.
Below are a few pics from a trip I took a couple weeks ago.

6 CommentsFri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:51amsarahhaha i like the N picture... they're all cool.
Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 2:23pmsrimantcoooooooooool....

Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 6:05pmLinda BrockBEAUTIFUL PIX!!!!! And, yes, I love the "N"
Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 7:28pmRebecca MI love the 8th picture! It's so cool!
Sun, Apr 10, 2011, 8:00amSpanahan"Some kind of migratory ducks" are Northern Pintails. You can see the long tailfeather on the flying birds. There are also quite a few of them in the photo "And more ducks": note the brown faces with white coming up the neck behind the brown.
Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 6:08amluckygreat .....