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atlantic city, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, peregrine falcon, photography, postaday, snow geese
Now that the Ospreys have migrated South, their nests are being taken over by squatters, temporary ones anyway . One of them is a Peregrine Falcon that I saw perched on a nest.
Peregrine Falcon sitting on Osprey nest.
Peregrine Falcon checking out photographer.
This is the season for Snow Geese migration, and there were many thousands of them at the refuge.
Snow Geese at Edwin B Forsythe.
Snow Geese at Edwin B Forsythe NWR.
Snow Geese at Edwin B Forsythe NWR.
Snow Geese lifting off, with the skyline of Atlantic City in the background.
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Looks like you made the most of the opportunity. Stunning captures!
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He sure is checking out the photographer … wonderful images 🙂
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I love the Snow geese against the skyline – well done!
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There was a deer hunt on the other side of the refuge, and the Snow Geese flew to that side of the marshes. In fact quite a few other ducks and birds did the same thing.
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Well, I’m sure you don’t like the fact that they flew up like that becasue of the shotguns, but it worked to your advantage. We have fields full of them here in winter, too, and it’s a great sight when they all fly up together.
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The peregrine falcon has a beady eye and is intent on dinner (or breakfast). We have them round here but don’t see them much – they have competition from sparrowhawks and much larger birds of prey such as buzzards and red kite.
What we don’t have (to my knowledge) is snow geese – how wonderful to see them. I hadn’t realised they were so compact – very short necks compared with other geese.
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Thank you Val. I am glad you get to view those Snow Geese. We have quite a few of them, with flocks that can number tens of thousands.
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How cool to capture a Peregrine Falcon! 🙂
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fabulous photos!
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That falcon looked right at you! Gorgeous shots.
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Wow, these are simply amazing. The peregrine falcon looks majestic and the thousands of birds in flight is breathtaking. Winter is a wonderful time to observe birds, it seems!
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Excellent images of the falcon! I also love seeing both the huge flocks of snow geese along with the close up of them in flight.
I don’t know if you’re into numbers of species, but there could be a Ross’s goose or two in with the snow geese, they are expanding their migration into your area, and look like small snow geese.
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Great shots!
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Thank you!
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Snow geese come through the Finger Lakes, as well. The tops of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, between them, there is a refuge, Montezuma, we go in the early spring and find them there. Thanks for the news from the Atlantic coast.
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I have been to Montezuma NWR in the summer. Great place!
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So incredibly beautiful.
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I love the little peregrine falcon
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Me too!
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Thank you!
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The snow geese are beautiful. Where are they headed?
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The Snow Geese migrate from Alaska and Canada to our Midlantic shores for the winter. In the Spring, they fly back North.
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Wow… great captures!
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Thank you Amy!
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Exciting sightings… I’m trying to imagine what thousands of geese would sound like!
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Try this link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snow_Goose/sounds
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Thanks! 🙂
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Excellent photos. Especially the last one.
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Thank you! Glad you like the photos.
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