Lines of Snow Geese at Sunset
The birds are flying to roost at dusk during autumn migration. Photographed at Little Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, a staging area for wildfowl on autumn migration. A little known wildlife spectacle.
A look back at some of my personal favorite square photos from previous months of squares. Some were popular, some not so popular at the time.
This was a post in Lines Squares Month and is my day 5 contribution to Becky’s October Squares on the theme of Past Squares.
My Flora and Fauna Friday post this week is continuing my look back at autumn migration in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A flock of Snow Geese (Anser caerulescens) lift off from a section of the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area. The Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area is a staging area for wildfowl on autumn migration
Snow Geese are native to North America breeding north of the timberline in parts of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia. They spend their winters in warmer parts of North America.
Another unusual Flora and Fauna Friday post this week. A line of Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) flying to roost at sunset.
Photographed at Little Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada in the late 1990s. At the time the Quill Lakes region was a major staging area for Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes on autumn migration.
Apparently the water levels in the lakes is up massively since I was last there. I don’t know how that has affected the birds on autumn migration.
A small selection of photos from the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary is within the National Wildlife Area.
The Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary was the first migratory bird sanctuary established in North America.
It is a staging area for migratory birds. In the autumn there can be hundreds of thousands of Snow Geese and tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes using the area.
This is my contribution to the Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Sanctuary prompt.
A breeding adult American White Pelican on a section of the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area.
A frozen section of Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area at sunset in winter.
Some of the thousands of Snow Geese that pass through the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in autumn.
A section of the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area at sunset in autumn.
This is my contribution to the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Assemble prompt.
Snow Geese on autumn migration assemble, feed and rest up in Saskatchewan, Canada before continuing on their way south for the winter.
This is my contribution to the One Word Sunday prompt Splash.
I had a few images in mind for this prompt. Then I thought of a line in an old pop song, “Splish, splash I was takin’ a bath” which made this photo an obvious choice.
A juvenile Red Knot bathing on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton during autumn migration.
Throwback Thursday travels back to Saskatchewan in the late 1990s.
A large, loose V of Sandhill Cranes flying to roost at sunset during the autumn migration.
With no internet connection at home I’m slowly working on editing the thousands of slides I copied last winter. I recently finished all the copies with Sandhill Crane included in the keywords.
