Saturday, August 27, 2011

Small birds again...What are they? Common snipes?

Could these be Snipes (Gallinago gallinago)?




Snipes and geese

The massive launch

This video was taken in Helsinki at the sunset. Geese were feeding peacefully on the cleaned cereals field when suddenly the entire flock went off the ground. Too bad I did not have a better camera with me...





And this massive wild geese takeoff was filmed the day after

And the landing

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Massive geese flocks

I found the pictures of the massive geese flocks that are share by Hezu at Panoramio
The night flight

Monday, August 22, 2011

Barncale geese on the barley field

The collected crops filelds are the ideal place for geese feeding. In Helsinki this can even be in the geographical center of the city
















Sunday, August 21, 2011

Just another gorgeous day for a geese lover











What are the smaller birds? Any ideas?


Whhash...I feel like a snake!













Landings of Branta leucopsis

I feel that I started to lovee their landing more that somewhat heavy liftings. Very gracious in my opinion.































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Flight acrobatics

Today I saw one playful goose that was perhaps showing off in front of the mate. His/er pirouettes were too fast for my amateur camera, unfortunately