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Snow Geese

12 images Created 10 Apr 2012

A gallery of snow geese (Chens caerulescens) images from their wintering grounds in the Pacific Northwest and New Mexico.

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  • Thousands of snow geese walk and fly in formation over a farmer's field near Mount Vernon, Washington. More than 30,000 snow geese winter in the area, feeding on grass and other plants before flying north for the summer.
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  • Hundreds of snow geese (Chens caerulescens) take off from a field in Skagit County, Washington. More than 30,000 snow geese spend part of the winter there, feasting in farmers' fields.
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  • Seven snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly over Washington's Skagit Valley with Mount Baker as a backdrop. Tens of thousands of snow geese, also known as blue geese, spend the winter in the Skagit Valley, primarily feeding in farmers' fields.
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  • Four snow geese fly in formation over Skagit County, Washington. More than 30,000 snow geese spend part of the winter near Mount Vernon, feasting in farmers' fields.
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  • A large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) takes off at sunrise from a pond at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. During the winter months, thousands of snow geese spend the night on the pond and take off at or just before sunrise. This dramatic show is best viewed from part of the reserve known as the Flight Deck.
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  • A snow goose (Chen caerulescens) feeds in a small pond located in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Tens of thousands of snow geese, also known as blue geese, spend the winter there.
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  • A large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) are rendered in silhouette as they fly over Skagit Bay near La Conner, Washington at sunset.
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  • A large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) lifts off from a pond in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico during a fiery sunrise.
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  • A very large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fills the sky above the Skagit Valley in Washington state. Tens of thousands of snow geese spend the winter there.
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  • A very large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly over the Skagit Valley of Washington state with Mount Baker in the background. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit Valley, feeding in farmers' fields. They breed during the summer months on the upper reaches of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia. Mount Baker, which has an elevation of 10,781 feet (3,286 meters), has the second-most thermally active crater of any volcano in the Cascade Range.
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  • A long exposure captures the motion of a large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) taking off from a field at sunset in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Snow geese, which breed in the northern reaches of Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Sibera, winter throughout the United States and into Mexico. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit Valley to feed in farmers' fields.
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  • Six snow geese (Chen caerulescens) appear to fly over Mount Baker, a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano in Washington state. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit Valley of Washington state, feeding on leftovers in farmers' fields.
    SnowGeese_MountBaker_Skagit_5205.jpg
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