Geese. Quack-honk

[julian]

Some geese taking a corner. (In an East Providence public park.)



I'm pretty sure they're Brant's; they aren't native to the area, but they do winter around here. I hung out for a bit and watched them preen, once they landed. While they looked a little like Canada Geese, which are our most common (and obtrusive) goose, they're smaller and have thicker black necks, plus they sounded slightly more like ducks, so it seemed to make sense. (I otherwise would have just assumed Canadian, because that's what I'm primed to see.)

As exhibit A, goose necks.



This one was folding his wings and I enjoyed it.



These are, of course, seagulls. I just like hovering/landing birds, is all.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

That's a great shot of the geese in flight, and also the gull coming in for a landing :)

[cmcmck]

There are always seagulls.

Where we live is just about as far from the coast as it's possible to be in these islands (admittedly, that's only sixty miles or so) but there are still seagulls........

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, those are definitely Brant's Geese.

[shirebound]

Thanks for sharing these! I rarely see geese except waaaaay up in the sky, flying in formation.

[earthspirits]

Lovely pics!