Migrating Snow Geese. Choose your observation point very, very carefully.😉

            MIGRATING SNOW GEESE

An annual Winter Phenomenon on The DelMarVa Peninsula

Snow geese are harbingers of the changing seasons. They fly south for the winter in huge, honking flocks that may appear as a "V" formation or simply as a large "snowstorm" of white birds. They spend the colder seasons in southern coastal marshes, bays, wet grasslands, and fields. Their diet is entirely vegetarian, consisting of grasses and grains, grazed from damp soils or even shallow water.

Reproduction

At winter's end, snow geese fly north to their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. Pairs mate for life, and produce two to six eggs each year in a shallow ground nest. Chicks can swim and eat on their own within 24 hours, but families remain together through the young's first winter. Families can be identified as groups during both the southern and northern migrations.

Population Decline and Rebound

In 1916, snow geese had become so rare in the eastern United States that hunting of the species was banned. Since that time, the birds have made a remarkable comeback. Today, though hunting has been reinstated, populations are thriving. In fact, the birds have become so numerous in places that they threaten to destroy their own habitat

Taken on: January 24, 2020

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Camera: Olympus E-M1MarkII, f/8.0, 1/800 sec, 162mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1MarkII
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	162mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	+0.3 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Perfectly Clear Complete v3 3.9.0.1722
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