Snow Goose Tornado: These shots were taken on Fir Island in Skagit County Washington last Tuesday. It was a clear, cold day. Thousands of snow geese were leisurely spending the day...

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

These shots were taken on Fir Island in Skagit County Washington last Tuesday. It was a clear, cold day. Thousands of snow geese were leisurely spending the day pecking in the mud and grass when an eagle flew by. Then this happened. It's the closest I have been to a snow goose explosion in quite awhile. I was lucky not to get pooped on. Taken with a Nikon D500 and a Tamron 150x600MM G2 lens. I welcome your comments/criticisms/suggestions.

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DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Cool - now that is allot of Goose (Geese). That last one would be a great screen saver. I love the texture of it.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

Thank you Daniel.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Unbelievable.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

Thanks Richard. It is quite a sight for sure.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Fantastic! I hope you bought a lottery ticket after the luck of the no-poop flyover

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Great shot I haven't seen that many Snow Geese in years. If you look carefully in the center of each picture you will see a Ross Goose.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

Linda From Maine wrote:

Fantastic! I hope you bought a lottery ticket after the luck of the no-poop flyover

Thanks Linda. That's funny - and not a bad idea. I have been splattered in the past on several occasions.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

Curmudgeon wrote:

Great shot I haven't seen that many Snow Geese in ... (show quote)

You're probably right. I did also see a single blue goose on the ground prior to the explosion.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

saxman71 wrote:

These shots were taken on Fir Island in Skagit County Washington last Tuesday. It was a clear, cold day. Thousands of snow geese were leisurely spending the day pecking in the mud and grass when an eagle flew by. Then this happened. It's the closest I have been to a snow goose explosion in quite awhile. I was lucky not to get pooped on. Taken with a Nikon D500 and a Tamron 150x600MM G2 lens. I welcome your comments/criticisms/suggestions.

Great shots. You should go to http://www.jigzone.com, join and make an online jigsaw puzzle out of one of those. That would be fun to work!

itsnoelb Loc: Edgewater, FL. Originally: FLINT. MI.

saxman71 wrote:

These shots were taken on Fir Island in Skagit County Washington last Tuesday. It was a clear, cold day. Thousands of snow geese were leisurely spending the day pecking in the mud and grass when an eagle flew by. Then this happened. It's the closest I have been to a snow goose explosion in quite awhile. I was lucky not to get pooped on. Taken with a Nikon D500 and a Tamron 150x600MM G2 lens. I welcome your comments/criticisms/suggestions.

GREAT set. That lens is capturing alot of great shots. I shoot Canon 7D and 1D mkiv with a 100-400L. But, I really like this lens from photos and reviews. I think I'm getting GAS attack. Again, great set.

gwr Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.

Such a cool sighting. The DL's are awesome. Gary

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

itsnoelb wrote:

GREAT set. That lens is capturing alot of great shots. I shoot Canon 7D and 1D mkiv with a 100-400L. But, I really like this lens from photos and reviews. I think I'm getting GAS attack. Again, great set.

Thanks. I've posted some other sets here on UHH I've taken with that camera/lens combination if you care to take a look. For the money, I believe it is an excellent lens especially if you have decent light. The debate is usually between the Tamron 150x600MM G2 and the Nikon 200x500MM, f/5.6. But since you're a Canon shooter, the choice is obvious.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

gwr wrote:

Such a cool sighting. The DL's are awesome. Gary

Thank you Gary. Glad you liked them.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee, WA

Horseart wrote:

Great shots. You should go to http://www.jigzone.com, join and make an online jigsaw puzzle out of one of those. That would be fun to work!

Thanks Horseart. Great idea. I might just do that.