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Snow Geese Swarming | March 15, 2009 |
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On March 1, 2009, at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, Pennsylvania, I had set up my camcorder on a tripod to be free to take photographs as well. I had guessed correctly, and camcorder pointed toward the main action of the second swarm of the day, and the photos I took were from the same direction. In a sense, my photos can be thought of enhanced stills of the video. (Or if you prefer photos over video, the video can be thought of as a summary of the photos.)
If you have already seen my large (15-meg) video of the swarm, the photo below will be familiar: Flocks are taking off, but the main action has yet to occur.
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Notice the solid mass of snow geese on the field in the background.
A few seconds later, the field snow geese took off in a continuous wave and flew directly toward me.
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The swarm passed to the left and to the right. I think the main group passed to the left, because of the clockwise pattern of the snow goose flight, with those in the background flying in the opposite direction.
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It was incredible and noisy and wonderful! And that was only the second time I had ever seen snow geese.
Photo note: I used a Pentax *ist D, with the SMC-A* 300mm lens for these photos. |