10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2019
It returned last year with a small flock of Canada Geese and then again this year with a much bigger flock, nearing 150, that contained more oddities. But then compare the size of it against the Canada Geese. It is associated with the same flock which is made up mostly of Canada Geese. But what might its own kind be?
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. The grazers are glorified farm animals, but they have been labelled by some very irresponsible people as “wild”. Our eagle makes Baldy look imparfait, even a bit manqué.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2024
Despite their name, they are not common here, but this farm is always a good site for them in January and February. Marsh Tit , not always the easiest of birds to find when you want one A nearby farm reservoir is often productive, but it disappointed today, with just three additions to the list: Little Grebe, Mallard and Cormorant.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2023
The Lezírias de Vila Franca de Xira (often and erroneously named Ponta de Erva after the most southerly tip) are an extensively farmed area in the north of the estuary. If you feel guilty about that, scan the river for ducks and geese and check out the muddy margins.
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.
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.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
It was on the side of the road in a field at Blue Chip Farm, a large horse farm near the town of Wallkill. How did I pick the one smaller goose out of the flock of bigger geese? Even if you don’t you will see remarkable variety in the Canada Geese you find and will gain new appreciation for a very common bird.
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