ML92886201

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Including 1 *beyond property boundary*, heard distant SE. Pair heard and then seen at 0917, flying low upstream from E of the property along Sevenmile Creek. They landed on the bank at the S side of the creek in reach 4 and then I lost sight of them (occasionally glimpsing them on the bank; otherwise apparently along the creek below eye level) but still heard occasional vocalizations from the same area, including several times before 0935 and then again at 1039. Around 1100 I noted that the apparent goose pair had been sitting for several minutes near where I kept hearing occasional vocalizations, on an open bank just N of the stream in reach 4. Around 1105 as I skirted ca 30 m around the geese, walking slowly and quietly in order to avoid disturbing them, I noted there were actually 4 CANG (2 apparent pairs?) on the stream bank here. The bedded down pair did get up and call a bit as I passed, but none flew. The other pair had apparently been closer to the stream below my level of sight until I got close. On the return there were no geese where I had seen them earlier, but at 1555 I noted 2 together on the ground ca 5 m N of the stream and 5 m W of the boundary fence in reach 4.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P900

ISO

100

Focal length

357 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

5 MB