Predating Raptor~

On March 25, 2023March 27, 2023 By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life218 Comments

Panics the snow geese (Click/tap to enlarge),

driving them high in the sky,

into protective formation,

over The Salton Sea in Southern California.

When the threat passes,

the geese return,

to feast and float.

Smart Snow Birds,

head south for the winter,

to loaf in the sun,

and play in the sea.

They only fly north when the sun comes out!

Cheers to you from the sun loving snow geese at The Salton Sea~

Note: I am guessing the predating raptor is a Harrier Hawk, but welcome correction if wrong.

Roar~

On January 19, 2017January 21, 2017 By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES269 Comments

When thousands of snow geese,

rise,

they roar!

Like massive waterfalls,

they drown all sound,

but for the beating thrum of thousands of wings.

They blanket the sky,

blocking the sun,

with blinding white,

generating their own radiant light!

Cheers to you from the wintering snow geese at The Salton Sea~