A sure sign that it is Fall, for me, is when I hear the geese and see them flocking together with the changing seasons and the coming of colder temperatures.
Around where I live we have a multitude of lakes and ponds for the ducks and geese to gather on. I visited a number of them and have some highlights of the waterfowl I saw gathering there.
Looking Overhead to Flocks of Geese Heading South
I'll start with one of my favorite lakes to visit this time of year. There are grain fields all around it and a lovely little island in the middle of it that is a great resting place for the ducks and geese.
Overview of Lake With Island Full of Resting Ducks and Geese
Closer Look At Numerous Geese On Island
On one point of the island there was both Canada geese and the speckled belly geese busy grooming themselves.
Speckled Belly and Canada Geese Settling in at Waters Edge
Canada Geese Grooming
Canada Goose Stretching It's Powerful Wings
My coming up to watch the geese caused a bit of a raucous as the geese are pretty leery. Bit by bit they took off from the lake in tinier flocks until most of them were gone.
Canada Geese Taking Flight
More Geese Taking Flight
And More Geese
And More
Geese in Flight Just Over Water
Off They Go Over The Tree Tops
Along with the geese at this pond there were some ducks too.
Goose Stretching Wings by Pair of Mallard Ducks Grooming
Close Up Pair of Mallard Ducks and a Few Teals at Waters Edge
Green Winged Teal Ducks Grooming by the Shore
Flock of Bufflehead Ducks Swimming by Teal Ducks
2 Ducks Bottoms Up Feeding by Swimming Bufflehead Ducks
There was another lake right at the edge of town that was busy with ducks.
Ducks Coming in for a Landing Among Other Ducks Swimming
And one last pond to share that was more off in the distance but had a large flock of snow geese swimming at the waters edge. There had been large flocks of snow geese in some grain fields that I drove by but I didn't have my camera with me.
Large Flock of Snow Geese Grouped Around Shore of Pond
Big shout out to @ace108 for running the Beautiful Sunday tag every week supporting the accounts. Also to @c0ff33a for the Sublime Sunday tag for your random Sunday posts!
The photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.
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Those migrating birds is a spectacular sight @porters! We have a couple of Canadian Geese. Every year when they return I wonder: "Did they really just fly THAT far?!!!"
I would wonder where they came from - I couldn't see them flying over the ocean. There must be a variety that is native to that continent.
That's what I thought. There's only ever two. Not more
It guess it must be a bit noisy there but it's great to seem them together.
👍Excellent observations!
Were these taken a while back? I thought you guys had snow already....
Yes I took them awhile back but I never got a chance to post them
Great photos @porters, loved the shots with the geese taking flight. A few weeks back we started noticing them in the sky , honking and getting into formation. Cool stuff, nature is just amazing.
Thanks for sharing, keep the fires burning, winter is here, again.
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