The last photos from my trip last week.
Twilight Geese
Tag: Cackling Goose
Chaos and Panic
The Goshawk caused the Cackling Geese to dramatically scatter……………….
Golden Cackling Geese
The Geese eventually settled down in the autumnal sunshine…………..
Although they were still a bit jumpy.
More Cacklers
Some more Cackling Geese from last week.
The commonest one
The most numerous of the 4 goose species at Urahoro seemed to be Cackling Goose. Loads of them…………………
Sunshine and geese
As I said the second day with the geese saw much better weather.
The next day………..
The weather was much better the second day in Urahoro. At first the geese were in a different area from the day before. Except for a few Whooper Swan and Bean Geese. The long neck/bill and head shape seem to indicate Taiga Bean Goose.
But presently other species arrived including Cackling Geese. We had seen these flocks newly arrive around 4 weeks previously.
East Hokkaido September Trip #22
The final pics from our eventful trip last week……………..
East Hokkaido September Trip #21
The Cackling Geese eventually settled down and some even came quite close to the roadside.
East Hokkaido September Trip #19
Some more Cackling Geese some last week………….
East Hokkaido September Trip #18
Cackling Goose aka Lesser Canada Goose, before this year I’d thought of it as a really rare bird here but in 2020 I’ve seen lots of them.
East Hokkaido September Trip #16
White-fronted Goose is the most likely to be seen goose species near Hakodate but they were probably the least numerous of the 3 (or 4?) species on show in Urahoro last week.
They seemed to be well outnumbered by Cackling Geese at this particular spot.
