{"id":120888,"date":"2024-02-13T04:24:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=120888"},"modified":"2024-02-13T04:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:45:17","slug":"canada-geese-on-the-bear-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/02\/13\/canada-geese-on-the-bear-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Geese On The Bear River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a>, I took a short video of Canada Geese in the road while I was on the north side of the auto tour loop.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the geese and ducks at the refuge are still very skittish. I couldn’t get close to any of them to take high-quality images of the waterfowl out on the auto tour loop. After I took this video, the geese lifted off before I could get back into my Jeep.<\/p>\n

I wish there were a way for me to communicate with the geese, ducks, and swans. I’d love to let them know I mean them no harm, that I only want to take photos of them.<\/p>\n

It is disheartening when the ducks and geese I’d like to photograph take off when they are just tiny specks in the distance.<\/p>\n

Canada Geese on the river<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"CanadaCanada Geese floating by on the Bear River \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately for me, on my drive east after leaving the auto tour loop, I did photograph some geese. At a bend in the Bear River, I was able to pull over to the side of the road and take images of a trio of Canada Geese.<\/p>\n

There were actually four Canada Geese on that bend of the river. My problem was that I could only fit these three in my viewfinder as they passed a driftwood log lodged into the riverbank.<\/p>\n

\"TrioTrio of Canada Geese on the Bear River \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The geese on the river weren’t anywhere near as skittish as the ones I saw on the auto tour loop of the refuge. Because they weren’t nervous, photographing them felt wonderful to me. I took quite a few images of these geese, thanked them, and headed towards home.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Canada Geese photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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