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It's hidden pretty well. Honk honk!
A bird photographer named Tom Geier?! (Geier is German for vulture)
Also, honk honk!
surprised they aren't going into murder mode on the Owl. here in Canada if you walk in like a 10km radius of where ever the hell their nest might be they will take that as a personal attack on their well being and seek revenge on you.
The students at the University of Waterloo in Ontario even created an app to warn you of potential nest areas and geese attacks.
That sounds like a useful little app! They're not any more polite when they come see us down here in the US.
I'm really wondering if those geese are unaware it's there. I don't think it's too far away from them, Shorties aren't very large owls. Audubon has them listed ad 40cm tall while the goose they say is around 60cm for comparison.
Snowy Owl - Size: 24" (61 cm); About the size of a Heron, Canada Goose or Larger; About the size of a Mallard or Herring Gull
Short-eared Owl - Size: 16" (41 cm); About the size of a Crow; About the size of a Mallard or Herring Gull
It's hard to estimate the distance when there's this much depth on the shot, but I'd guess they're at least 20m away.
I absolutely love the photo. This is like worlds colliding!
Oh, that's a superb owl. Honk! Cool photograph.
I'm happy to report that the sweet goosies are returning from their wintering down South; I saw my first one today in downtown Edmonton!
They never leave us here. One really decorated our sidewalk at work for spring this week. Very festive birds! 😂
Two distinct Canada goose subspecies occur in Pennsylvania. One are migrants that breed in Canada; the second breeds here. The migrants comprise geese from the Atlantic population (B. c. canadensis), which migrate over eastern Pennsylvania. Our resident geese are giant Canada geese (B. c. maxima). Resident geese are largely non-migratory; they nest and winter here. The growth of this population has been phenomenal. Prior to 1935, no Canada geese nested anywhere in Pennsylvania. Today they are found in every county. (PGC)
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