Al Hansen
Well-known member
Two days ago I had worked hard cutting firewood from 7AM until 2:30PM. When I got home I decided to run to Bosque del Apache and see if I could take some pics of sandhill cranes, ducks, or maybe some geese. I was about a quarter of a mile from the National Wildlife Refuge when I looked out onto this winter wheat field that had maybe 3,000 snows and Ross' on it. Good grief, with no one around, I pulled off the highway, looked at my shotgun and then at my Canon and opted to take the last one.
I dashed across the highway, then the railroad tracks and stood along the fence line with my Canon and 400mm f5.6 lens that was attached. The first thought was----"Please---how about some sunlight?" No such luck but I took pics as fast as I could.
In the middle towards the back on this first shot you will see a blue phase Ross' goose. Still relatively rare to see.
As I stood there quite a few singles, doubles, and triples were coming into this field to feed.
With so many geese don't ask me how come I got so lucky to get this shot of the collared goose.
A friend of mine stopped by and we chatted for a while. That morning he walked out of his shop---heard some geese, dashed back into his shop for his shotgun, and ran out just in time to nail a snow as the flock flew over. He told me that he had to run out to the driveway next to the road to pick it up.
Just like they always seem to do---the chuckling and chattering stopped and it was deathly silent just for a few seconds prior to the liftoff.
I assumed that they were heading for the refuge but they came back to the field.
Look who I saw again---
Jose' looked at me and told me that he had to run back to the house. "I'll go over to my brother's place and see if they will jump up when I drive past," he said. I continued to take some shots just as the "golden hour" approached and the sun came out just before setting.
Just like cattle grazing-----
I then noticed them paying attention to something and saw that Jose' was getting closer to them.
He waved as he drove by.
Did I tell you that when I walked up to the fence line that the geese were only 40 yards away from me? Had I taken my shotgun, I'm afraid that I might have shot more than my legal limit of 20. I wonder if I made a mistake taking my camera------For you hard core snow goose hunters----Don't Tell Me!
Al
I dashed across the highway, then the railroad tracks and stood along the fence line with my Canon and 400mm f5.6 lens that was attached. The first thought was----"Please---how about some sunlight?" No such luck but I took pics as fast as I could.
In the middle towards the back on this first shot you will see a blue phase Ross' goose. Still relatively rare to see.
As I stood there quite a few singles, doubles, and triples were coming into this field to feed.
With so many geese don't ask me how come I got so lucky to get this shot of the collared goose.
A friend of mine stopped by and we chatted for a while. That morning he walked out of his shop---heard some geese, dashed back into his shop for his shotgun, and ran out just in time to nail a snow as the flock flew over. He told me that he had to run out to the driveway next to the road to pick it up.
Just like they always seem to do---the chuckling and chattering stopped and it was deathly silent just for a few seconds prior to the liftoff.
I assumed that they were heading for the refuge but they came back to the field.
Look who I saw again---
Jose' looked at me and told me that he had to run back to the house. "I'll go over to my brother's place and see if they will jump up when I drive past," he said. I continued to take some shots just as the "golden hour" approached and the sun came out just before setting.
Just like cattle grazing-----
I then noticed them paying attention to something and saw that Jose' was getting closer to them.
He waved as he drove by.
Did I tell you that when I walked up to the fence line that the geese were only 40 yards away from me? Had I taken my shotgun, I'm afraid that I might have shot more than my legal limit of 20. I wonder if I made a mistake taking my camera------For you hard core snow goose hunters----Don't Tell Me!
Al
