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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 16:53:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2009 17:49:38 GMT
Oh great! But these ones don't have diseased overstuffed livers....?
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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 18:13:43 GMT
Actually, their livers enlarge naturally as a result of the "power eating" they do in prep for the long flight south.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2009 18:38:52 GMT
Incredible pictures, Imec! I can see sort of a lavender tint to the sky close to the horizon -- morning or evening?
Never realized that about geese and the liver adaptation. It's a nifty glimpse into how a certain type of husbandry developed.
I always say I don't really miss definite seasons, because I hate winter so much. However, I used to live out in the country on the extreme northeast edge of North Carolina. The passage of the seasons was beautiful, and your photos bring that back to me. Thanks.
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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 18:44:39 GMT
Thanks, I took them this morning. It's about 4 miles south of our house (our neighborhood is on the extreme south edge of the city).
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Post by bjd on Sept 19, 2009 19:10:15 GMT
Do they actually migrate, Imec? The ones in southern Ontario don't seem to go anywhere any more. People feed them and they just hang around all winter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2009 19:27:27 GMT
Do they actually migrate, Imec? The ones in southern Ontario don't seem to go anywhere any more. People feed them and they just hang around all winter. I think less and less of them do bjd,they hang out here in NY all year long . I recall them moving onward South years ago. |
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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 19:36:32 GMT
They don't find Manitoba's winter all that accommodating - even if people did feed them. We are on a major migratory path here. Here is an estimate of the number of birds observed at a waterfowl preserve just north of the city in 2008:
----------------17-Sep...24-Sep....3-Oct.....8-Oct......16-Oct........22-Oct
Ducks.............49 300....57 000....46 300...3 600.....51 275.....30 000
Canada Geese..81 500..102 800..155 000..144 670...87 438....36 250
Snow Geese.....40 600...40 300...121 700..153 800....76 155...24 325
And here's what's been observed so far this year:
16-Sep
Ducks 31 000
Canada Geese 21 600
Snow Geese 20
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2009 22:38:27 GMT
Do they actually migrate, Imec? The ones in southern Ontario don't seem to go anywhere any more. People feed them and they just hang around all winter. What is worse -- lollygagging gaggles of geese, or loitering loons? |
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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 22:40:37 GMT
Drunken Ducks
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2009 22:53:02 GMT
Swooning swans
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