We were able to relocated the 2 Snow Geese but they were a little far off and the light was brutal: white birds on hazy warmish sunshine over snowy surfaces.
Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 5 #10
Tag: Snow Goose
Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 5 #5
Day 5 was very bright and sunny and the fields were still under snow, at around midday I gave up taking photos for a while as the light was way too harsh (a problem at various times on this trip). I was also a little tired of White-fronts…
At this time 2 Snow Geese decided to fly over, these shots were massively overexposed.
A late autumn trip #9
On the second say we couldn’t get near the Snow Geese…
They are very easy to pick out among the Grey Geese, as you can see here:
Greater White-fronted Geese are generally the most numerous species near Hakodate but this is not the case in Urahoro. Here are some adults and juveniles together.
A late autumn trip #8
These shots were just before a White-tailed Eagle spooked the whole flock and off they went…
A late autumn trip #7
Some group shots…
A late autumn trip #6
Though it seemed most of the geese had already departed south, 4 species remained including the diminutive Cackling Goose…
Although I was more interested in the Snow Geese…
A late autumn trip #5
We only had half an hour with the flock…
A late autumn trip #4
The sun went behind a hill…
A late autumn trip #2
Last year we went to this same location and saw 000’s of geese in several spots we bookmarked on google maps.
We were several days later in 2021 and there were far fewer geese around and of course they were not loyal to particular fields…
We only got close one time and luckily it was mostly in golden afternoon light.
A late autumn trip #1
Just got back from a trip to eastern Hokkaido. Our main target was geese and we saw some but not as many as last year….
2021 Late Winter Trip #14
Until just under 2 years ago I had never seen Cackling Goose or Snow Goose in Japan.
Now I just can’t stop seeing them all over the place…………
2021 Late Winter Trip #10
There were also about 40 Snow Geese in the goose flocks…………..
But as I said before it was 99% Whitefronts………..
