{"id":55268,"date":"2018-12-11T05:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55268"},"modified":"2024-02-13T07:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:44:55","slug":"peek-a-boo-landing-canada-goose-peeking-through-its-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/11\/peek-a-boo-landing-canada-goose-peeking-through-its-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Peek-a-boo ~ Landing Canada Goose Peeking Through Its Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CanadaCanada Goose peeking through its wings – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Yesterday morning there were thick clouds and fog which once again<\/em> kept me from going into the field to look for and to photograph birds. Later in the day, the sun was able to break through the clouds for a while so I went down to the local pond.<\/p>\n

I spotted three Redheads, a pair of American Wigeons, and one first winter Common Goldeneye drake but not one of those ducks came in close enough to photograph. The rest of the birds I saw were the grebes, coots, mallards, gulls, and geese that are usually at the pond.<\/p>\n

Although I wasn’t seeing any birds that were real exciting at least I was outside and not cooped up at home for a few minutes.<\/p>\n

A few Canada Geese flew overhead, circled the pond and as they prepared to land I locked focus on one goose and followed its path towards the surface of the pond. I was\u00a0 hoping for images of an unusual pose or something different from all the thousands of photos I have taken of the geese at the pond over the years.<\/p>\n

And then it<\/em> happened. One photo that made me laugh as soon as I saw it on my camera’s LCD screen, a peek-a-boo Canada Goose peering at me through its wing tips as it came in to land on the pond. Or is it a goose taking a swan dive into the pond? I’d give it a 10 if that were the case, just look at that form!<\/p>\n

Life is good. Having a sense of humor helps. Sometimes, it really, really helps.<\/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":"

One photo that made me laugh as soon as I saw it on my camera’s LCD screen, a peek-a-boo Canada Goose peering at me through its wing tips as it came in to land on the pond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,28,709,117,26],"tags":[5554,970,32,4774,4620,4052,4122,713,4775,4123,6895,1984,8018,3996,5498],"class_list":["post-55268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-canada-geese","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-ducks","category-utah","tag-afternoon-light","tag-autumn","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-canada-geese","tag-fall","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-geese","tag-goose","tag-landing","tag-peek-a-boo","tag-pond","tag-urban","tag-water","tag-wings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t