Photography Wild Delmarva on 28 Sep 2009 07:49 am
The Snow Geese Are Back!
Two weeks ago I saw just a pair of Snow Geese, early autumn arrivals along the Delaware Bay. Last week I saw the first small flock and today the Snow Geese are back in much larger numbers. Soon they will be on the Delmarva Peninsula by the tens of thousands spending the winter in our wetlands.
Photograph by Kevin Fleming
on 28 Sep 2009 at 12:09 pm 1.Pat said …
Isn’t this early for them? Maybe they know something we don’t know…like an early and cold winter???
on 29 Sep 2009 at 6:24 am 2.PJ Macon said …
I suspect you may be right at least about the early winter. My dogwoods and burning bushes have turned color much earlier this year than in others.
The Hummingbirds were late to arrive and early to leave. Saw my first Chickadee at my feeders yesterday and the Blue Jays are back begging for peanuts already.
on 29 Sep 2009 at 11:16 am 3.Andrew C Knight said …
How long do they stay for!
on 29 Sep 2009 at 11:17 am 4.Andrew C Knight said …
Will they still be there when i come from England at the end of January 2010!
on 29 Sep 2009 at 11:55 am 5.Wild Delmarva said …
Hi Andrew,
The Snow Geese will be here until almost the end of March. We have thousands of them. Canada Geese and a large assortment of ducks will be here when you visit.
Thanks, Kevin
on 30 Sep 2009 at 2:15 pm 6.Andrew C knight said …
Dear Kevin
Thank you for reply, yes we have Canada Geese land on fields behind my home near to the River Nene which flows through Northamptonshire to the Wash and out to the English Channel.
Regards Andrew
on 02 Oct 2009 at 5:30 pm 7.Ben Tebbens said …
Great shot! So good;)