10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2017

Early in the Wet Season we had noticed the arrival of unusually high numbers of Magpie Geese and they are a species that don’t always make it to the Broome area if it is not a wet year. It did seem highly probable that the Magpie Geese would breed in the area this year. Ten young Magpie Geese with parents.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

When I read somewhere that Pygmy Geese were not actually geese at all I started doing some research. I discovered that there are actually a fair number of ducks and other waterfowl that are wrongly called geese. Well, the Pygmy Geese complex are actually all ducks belonging to the genus Nettapus.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

But the geese didn’t care, going about their business surrounded by dozens of species from around the globe. The Canada Geese (on the right side) show no fear. Canada Geese are known for being versatile and adaptable birds. The post The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

It is unclear how or why this happened and it might be a sign of the apocalypse, but mere days after Jochen’s post about surfing grebes a video of surfing geese has surfaced on the interwebs. And those geese are alright, right? I mean, it doesn’t seem like they would choose to be surfing… a.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Also of interest is how Mute Swans are employed to deter Canada Geese. Which would you rather: slovenly geese or homicidal swans? That’s one of the valuable takeaways from this tragic tale out of Chicago of a man drowned by the very swans he cared for. Hat tip to Meredith!)

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Canada Geese are a nuisance. It is not the fault of Canada Geese that they have become a trash bird. And, even worse than being hated, they often suffer being called Canadian Geese , which is just not fair to these non-Tim Horton’s-coffee-drinking creatures.) That is really a shame. It’s not my fault!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Most of the world’s domestic geese can be traced back thousands of years to the wild Greylag Goose ( Anser anser ) although domestic geese were also bred from Swan Goose ( A. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. cygnoides ) ancestors. cygnoides ) ancestors. Get yours today!

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Reddit Animals

MAY 4, 2023

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

This is after two years of geese killings in New York City , ostensibly to thin the flocks and protect civilian aviation. Anyone want to bet that they double down and start killing more geese? This morning a plane taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City hit a bird , which caused engine failure.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

Ducks and geese may not be a particularly unusual sight in the wild, but have you ever thought about keeping them as pets? Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment. They can make excellent, if slightly quirky, pets.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

Ducks and geese may not be a particularly unusual sight in the wild, but have you ever thought about keeping them as pets? Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment. They can make excellent, if slightly quirky, pets.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

New York City’s premiere wildlife refuge proved to be no refuge for Canada Geese on Monday morning as federal agents rounded up 711 geese – including goslings – and packed them up for a trip to upstate New York where they will be gassed and their meat will be provided to food banks.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

These Greater White-fronted Geese ( Anser albifrons ) flew in with just enough light to begin taking photographs. As the sun rose higher in the sky I was able to get some shots of the geese flying in… and landing among the tules. These images were taken from the blind at Colusa NWR, click on photos for full sized images.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

There are about 2,000 Snow Geese currently fattening up in and around Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and a Ross’s Goose is little more than a diminutive Snow Goose. Finding it in the constantly relocating flocks of Snow Geese would be like finding a small needle in a needle-stack made up of constantly moving, slightly bigger needles.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lars Svensson’s accompanying text explains “a rather puzzling fact is that, among wildfowl, hybrids appear to occur more commonly among geese and members of the ‘pochards’, genus Aythya , than among dabbling ducks. Many years ago a friend of mine kept a small but varied collection of ducks and geese. The reason for this is not clear.”

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vermont’s Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area was the first place I saw huge numbers of Snow Geese so I was pleased to stumble across this post on VTDigger and see that the birds are still showing up there. If you live in northern New York or Vermont it is well worth a visit!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2012

They are upping the bag limit to try to keep Canada Geese in check.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 2, 2023

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Queen of Spain Fritillary , photographed in mid November Clouded yellow – another common November butterfly For the autumn or winter visitor, the biggest draw is the flock of Lesser Whitefronted Geese that in recent years have been regular and reliable wintering birds on the lake.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

So yes, I needed to see this beast, this flying door, this scourge of all things’ geese, this modern Roc. Skeins of Greylag Geese completed the picture. Beyond the railway thousands of geese were feeding, mainly Greylag Goose and Barnacle Goose. Our eagle makes Baldy look imparfait, even a bit manqué. The omens were bad.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

First Greylag Geese , Gadwall , both Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls appear, together with dozens of Pygmy Cormorants and one Eurasian Sparrowhawk. It is an important migration stopover site and wintering area that attracts the largest congregations of waterbirds anywhere in the country, up to 80,000 during cold spells – half of them geese.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

A Great Egret , a few Pygmy Cormorants and, by the middle of the Danube, about a hundred Greylag Geese. Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2023

There are still many Egrets and the Magpie Geese are all on the move with their young. Last Sunday afternoon we travelled out of town to once again bird from our vehicle across the flooded highway across Roebuck Plains. The number of Pied Herons in the area varies from two to twenty four at the moment.

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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Reading Deb's post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny 's request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese of Ballwin, Missouri from mass extermination reminded me how much I miss the wildlife at the neighborhood we lived in from 2002-early 2005. This is Girlie Girl. Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2023

It is not just the Magpie Geese and Pied Herons that arrived and chose to breed, but also the Australasian Swamphens. This year, with the exceptional rain and flooding across much of the land there has been a great opportunity for many bird species to move to the area and breed.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

At the snowy Danube riverbank, we are waiting for geese to come to their roost inside the mostly submerged island. A shot or two coming from the opposite bank, but they do not sound like geese shooting – more like boar hunting. warns me of two locally rare Bean Geese. An hour and 20,000+ geese later, we head back.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2022

Vagrant migrants that have made their way onto the Costa Rica bird list have included a surprise Northern Mockingbird from the Caribbean coast, a Couch’s Kingbird identified by its distinctive call (which was also recorded), and a group of five adventurous Greater White-fronted Geese !

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2024

I was a bit surprised to see a few Barnacle Geese – they were not ringed but they must’ve been escapees since they were very tame. and Goosander.

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Reddit Animals

MARCH 31, 2023

Yesterday I saw two small ducklings in a group of ducks and geese, but their mom didn’t seem to be around them or attentive. Do ducks and geese have a sense of community together if they become familiar with each other? Do ducks and geese have a sense of community together if they become familiar with each other?

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Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

submitted by /u/admelioraphotography [link] [comments].

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Nenes are attractive geese, though they were named for their soft calls rather than their looks. Unlike other geese, Nenes prefer walking to swimming. Like other geese than evolved in Hawaii but went extinct, the Nene is an herbivore. Still, these geese face significant population threats.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Sure, I can see Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals and Canada Geese in my own backyard, year-round, but closing my eyes and picturing those species against a snowy backdrop makes me smile. I literally fist-pumped the air when I spotted Long-tailed Ducks and a Surf Scoter.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2019

My commitment cannot be questioned after making FOUR separate trips to comb through hundreds of Canada Geese until I finally teased out some smaller Cackling Geese. If your entire birding year depended on the commitment you put forth this past weekend, how excited or appalled would you be? Things can only get better from here!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Brolga with Magpie Geese , Pacific Black Ducks , Grey Teal and Black-winged Stilt. As the Brolga moved closer to the hide the Magpie Geese and Pacific Black Ducks realised the mud was being disturbed and they could take advantage of the situation. Brolga , Magpie Geese and Pacific Black Ducks feeding. Brolga eating a bulb.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Per usual, the Canada Geese proved to be the most prevalent species – and the loudest. Black and Turkey Vultures soared overhead, joined by the occasional Osprey. A trio of wading birds – Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret , and Little Blue Heron – stood silently on a raised hillock of plants. .

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

My visit on Saturday morning was meant to be a quick stop to scan the ducks, geese, and gulls to see if anything interesting was around. There were also several hundred Canada Geese to pick through and whole bunch more gulls. Digging through the geese and gulls was not as awarding as scoping the ducks had been.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

Compare that to the water body’s other regulars – Canada Geese – that reach “only” 43 inches with a wingspan of nearly 67 inches. Did I mention they’re huge? They can reach 65 inches in length, with a wingspan of more than 115 inches.

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