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30-01-2008, 07:07 PM
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| | | Acrobatic Canada Goose.
I managed to capture some shots of an acrobatic Canada Goose at Holme Pierrepont today.
The shots say it all really!
I apologise about the last one, I lost focus on it, but it's essential to the story.
Going: 
Going: 
Gone: 
Not bad, flying upside down 
We always see this lone Redshank there:  
With plenty of Pied Wagtails. 
Whilst we were there we saw a group of Firemen on the Rapids:  
The larger boat rammed the smaller one, sending one of the men flying into the water. 
Sooner them than me, that water must have been pretty cold! |
30-01-2008, 07:29 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
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Whilst we were there we saw a group of Firemen on the Rapids:
| - that must have been the 'rapid' response team then!!
Sorry - somebody had to say it, so it might as well have been me  !
Love the goose photos - never seen anything like that before, is it a relatively common thing, or did the goose just get it wrong?
Love the other photos too!
Thea |
30-01-2008, 07:42 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
Hi graham looks like you had a very interesting day,very good of the goose loosing it,did he bash into the other one and loose his balance or something,or do they always have a game like that. |
30-01-2008, 07:45 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
Great shots Graham, any idea what the goose was actually trying to achieve if anything
Roger |
30-01-2008, 07:51 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
To be honest it didn't click what was happening until I looked at the images later. A few seconds later and the goose was the right way up, flying back with his chums.
I could tell there was a lot of movement, but I had no idea one was upside down! |
30-01-2008, 07:54 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
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Originally Posted by LoveT  - that must have been the 'rapid' response team then!!
Sorry - somebody had to say it, so it might as well have been me !
Love the goose photos - never seen anything like that before, is it a relatively common thing, or did the goose just get it wrong?
Love the other photos too!
Thea |
Very good! I've never seen Geese do this kind of thing before. |
30-01-2008, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
praps he was doing it because he can
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31-01-2008, 09:43 AM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
Never seen Canada's doing what we call wiffeling but Graylag and Pinkfeet do this regularly especially coming into roost. |
31-01-2008, 09:58 AM
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| | | Re: Acrobatic Canada Goose.
Perhaps he was flirting with that other goose, showing off Crazy behavior, thanks for sharing !
Poor firemen, that must've been friggin' freezing! | | |
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