Middle Creek
Mar 19, 2018 21:29:16 #
ZPhoto
Loc: Lancaster, PA
I took these on 3/17 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management area in central PA.
Mar 19, 2018 21:37:40 #
ZPhoto wrote:
I took these on 3/17 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management area in central PA.
Was there many times while we lived in SE PA.
Incredible sights.
Good photos also.
Mar 19, 2018 21:47:56 #
ZPhoto
Loc: Lancaster, PA
Thanks. Although technically not great, I tried to show the chaos. I was about 100' from the field where they gathered and I knew they'd eventually take off....I just wasn't expecting them to take off straight at me. It was spray and pray at that point....I had to duck (no pun) as they did a low altitude fly-by. I could feel the wind from their wings as the passed over. There is one in focus in there....
Mar 19, 2018 21:50:11 #
ZPhoto wrote:
Thanks. Although technically not great, I tried to show the chaos. I was about 100' from the field where they gathered and I knew they'd eventually take off....I just wasn't expecting them to take off straight at me. It was spray and pray at that point....I had to duck (no pun) as they did a low altitude fly-by. I could feel the wind from their wings as the passed over. There is one in focus in there....
One of the days we were there, you couldn't see the water because of all the snow geese.
Mar 19, 2018 21:58:27 #
ZPhoto
Loc: Lancaster, PA
Yeah, that’s amazing. Peak was actually last month and I didn’t make it there. I was lucky that so many came to the spot near where I was waiting.
Mar 19, 2018 22:21:12 #
WOW! Fantastic shots. But not gonna lie, all those birds kinda creep me out! hahaha
Mar 19, 2018 22:48:08 #
ZPhoto
Loc: Lancaster, PA
CapturedByChristy wrote:
WOW! Fantastic shots. But not gonna lie, all those birds kinda creep me out! hahaha
Thank you! I wasn’t creeped out, but I did have a “Hitchcock flashback” when they took off straight at me. Pummeled by snow geese would not be a good story.
Mar 19, 2018 22:58:02 #
Great shots! I have been trying to hit the snow geese migration here in MT just haven't hit it at the right time. Would love to see something like this!
Mar 19, 2018 23:30:53 #
ZPhoto wrote:
I took these on 3/17 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management area in central PA.
Thanks for sharing these incredible images, ZPhoto. I saw WGAL TV channel 8 (the local Lancaster station) run a story on this migration, but I didn't have a chance to get there....maybe next year.
Mar 20, 2018 04:17:39 #
Mar 20, 2018 11:12:48 #
Amazing number of birds... I wonder how they don't hurt each other with such chaos ?
Mar 20, 2018 12:21:23 #
foodie65 wrote:
Was there many times while we lived in SE PA.
Incredible sights.
Good photos also.
Incredible sights.
Good photos also.
There are still occasional flocks like you captured in this nice photo set.
Also, there is a standing joke at Middle Creek. If the snow geese mass within 50-100 feet of your location and their voices rise, expect to get "rained" on in the first 20 seconds as they flap close overhead. Not earth shattering for sure, but it is not a pleasant clean up experience.
Mar 20, 2018 15:06:37 #
Wow, who controlling those flights, hopefully not our FAA....Great shot, fantastic image
Mar 20, 2018 17:23:39 #
Mar 21, 2018 00:26:27 #
Wow!! You certainly caught the action! We were to Middle Creek once and saw only one or two snow geese! When is the right time to go to see them?
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