Today was a key day in the Nome section of the trip with one of the star birds to see. We were up early and headed up the Kougarok Road to Mile Post 72 we arrived at around 06:00. This site is known as the Coffee Dome, the summit of this relatively small hill is […]
Tag: Canada Goose
Goose Reflections
I was watching a Canada goose family (Branta canadensis) and was impressed by how often they did exactly the same things at the same time and struck identical poses, especially the goslings. Congruent like the two above.
Cleaning up in the valley
With all the travelling of the last week I fancied a local jaunt this morning. I popped down to Cornmill Meadow and with a big tip off from Jim I quickly found his Grasshopper Warbler and whilst here a Cuckoo was heard too. I moved on to Fishers Green and walked the […]
Flight School
The 2015 class of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) naval aviators started flight school this week! I’ve been watching these youngsters on daily dog-walks in the park since early May. When they first showed up I noticed the their resemblance, in size and coloration, to the yellow puffball flowers of the American sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) towering […]
Polder Arkemheen – Eemland
Afgelopen weken een aantal keren na het werk via de Polder Arkemheen-Eemland terug gereden naar huis. Dit Mekka voor de weidevogels en de fotografen begint alweer langzaamaan vol te stromen met de weidevogels. Tureluur en Grutto zijn er al weer volop aanwezig. Ook grote groepen verschillende soorten ganzen bevolken de weilanden. Naast deze vogels zijn […]