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  • Watching huge flocks of Snow Geese swirl down from the sky, amid a cacophony of honking, is a little like standing inside a snow globe. These loud, white-and-black geese can cover the ground in a snowy blanket as they eat their way across fallow cornfields or wetlands. Among them, you might see a dark form with a white head?a color variant called the ?Blue Goose.? Snow Geese have skyrocketed in numbers and are now among the most abundant waterfowl on the continent. <br />
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The Snow Goose, also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed. Snow Geese don't like to travel without the company of another couple dozen geese and can form flocks of several hundred thousand. Family groups forage together on wintering grounds, digging up roots and tubers from muddy fields and marshes. In flight, they are steady on the wing with even wingbeats.
    Snow Geese Over New Melle.jpg
  • March 1st on a snowy afternoon the husband and I decided to head out and see what kind of photos we could capture while it was still snowing.  ..We came across 2 fields along Hwy D in New Melle, Missouri were hundreds of what I believe to be Snow Geese were making themselves at home.  I took this shot as I thought it was unique and interesting. They are beautiful.
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  • Snow Geese Waddle Through The Snow in New Melle
    New Melle Snow Geese.jpg
  • A flock of geese swim across Lake 15 at August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in Saint Charles, Missouri
    Geese on Lake 15.jpg
  • Geese in a sunny field off of Hopewell Rd. in New Melle Missouri. Puffy clouds, vibrant greed field with a shaggy painterly feel.
    Geese on Painted Green.jpg
  • Three Geese Swim Along In Blue Waters
    We Three Geese.jpg
  • Geese in a sunny field off of Hopewell Rd. in New Melle Missouri. Puffy clouds, vibrant greed field with a shaggy painterly feel.
    Geese on Painted Green 2.jpg
  • Four Goslings Swimming On The water With Momma Goose Nowhere In Sight
    Baby Geese On The Water.jpg
  • This goose and baby goslings are sharing food while swimming around the docks at Maynard’s on Lake Minnetonka.
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  • The Snow Goose has two color plumage morphs, white (snow) or gray/blue (blue), thus the common description as snows and blues. White-morph birds are white except for black wing tips, but blue-morph geese have bluish-grey plumage replacing the white except on the head, neck and tail tip. The immature blue phase is drab or slate-gray with little to no white on the head, neck, or belly.<br />
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Outside of the nesting season, they usually feed in flocks. In winter, snow geese feed on left-over grain in fields. They migrate in large flocks, often visiting traditional stopover habitats in spectacular numbers. Snow Geese often travel and feed alongside Greater White-fronted Geese; in contrast, the two tend to avoid travelling and feeding alongside Canada Geese, which are often heavier birds.<br />
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The breeding population of the Lesser Snow Goose exceeds 5 million birds, an increase of more than 300 percent since the mid-1970s. The population is increasing at a rate of more than 5 percent per year. Non-breeding geese (juveniles or adults that fail to nest successfully) are not included in this estimate, so the total number of geese is even higher. Lesser Snow Goose population indices are the highest they have been since population records have been kept, and evidence suggests that large breeding populations are spreading to previously untouched sections of the Hudson Bay coastline.
    Snow Goose Flight.jpg
  • A family of geese with mother goose in the background being led by the goslings swim through warm green waters
    A Goosey Family Affair.jpg
  • A Flock Of Snow Geese Fly Through Wentzville Skies on a cold March Morning
    Crowded New Melle Skies.jpg
  • This carp swam up to this cute little gosling and tried to eat its webbed food for lunch. These little gosling squealed and the big geese came to its defense.
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  • After enjoying some bread the geese and gosling’s seem happy and just continue to swim around the docks at Maynard's enjoying the beautiful weather.
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  • These geese come over and start attacking the carp to make them back off and leave the baby gosling’s alone. Someone’s about to have sushi for lunch.
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  • A customer at Maynard's tossed a piece of bread in the lake for the geese when it landed right on this carp’s head as it was surfacing. All of a sudden this goose swam over and ate the bread right off of the carp’s head.
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  • Bright afternoon sun basks a baby gosling in the grass
    Sunny Gosling.jpg
  • A gosling pecks in the grass seeking out a meal
    Good Morning Gosling.jpg
  • Three baby gosling swim along in a row on the water
    We Three Goslings.jpg
  • This goose stop and poses for a cute photo after enjoying a piece of bread. Love the water drops falling from its mouth.
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  • Water drops splash in the water from the bill of a goose
    A Little Dribble.jpg
  • This photo makes me laugh. I swear this fish looks like it is having a serious take with the goose about not sharing food.
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  • A second baby gosling came to the defense of his or her sister and helped fight off the off the carp so they could eat.
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  • These baby gosling finally showed these two carp who was boss and got to the bread first.
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  • A Graceful Goose Casts Reflections In Vibrant Blue Waters While Dipping to Dabble.
    Blue Goose Reflecting.jpg
  • A Purple Sunset Over Busch Wildlife
    Purple Skies Over Busch.jpg
  • A goose swimming in purple and blue sunset lighting across lake superior.
    Sunset Goose.jpg
  • Male Mallard Duck was running for his life from all the little kids on a hot humid day at the zoo.  ..The male birds (drakes) have a bright green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females are brown all over.
    mallard_duck.jpg
  • Customers at Maynard's Restaurant on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota were trying to feed geese and gosling’s bread when carp kept surfacing and stealing the food.
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  • A Flock of snow geese congregate in a snowy field along Highway D
    Snowy Gooserz.jpg
  • No doubt about it - the flamingo is a curious-looking bird. Its body is extremely slender, its head small, its bill strangely curved and hooked. And then there's the matter of color - how many animals can you name that are HOT PINK?<br />
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Flamingos are social birds. They live in large groups, sometimes up to tens of thousands of birds, an undulating ocean of pink. The sound of a large flamingo flock is also impressive (they're often mistaken for geese) and can be heard a great distance away. The birds are very vocal and use a wide variety of honks, alarm calls and other vocalizations.<br />
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Flamingos in a colony feed together, breed together, and fly together. They eat by day, but when a feeding area no longer provides enough food for the flock, the birds move to another location at night.<br />
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The birds are quite distinctive looking in flight. They stretch out their long necks and legs and spread their wings so the black undersides are visible. A flamingo's wingspan can range from three to five feet, depending on the size of the bird.
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