Greater White-fronted Geese Fly Over photo by Larry Jordan
BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. How do I know this? I am a BirdLife Species Champion and besides, their About BirdLife page clearly states this fact.
Since it is spring migration time, I thought that many of you would be interested in exactly what BirdLife International has been doing to provide safer flyways for our migratory birds all over the world. Did you know that nearly 20% of all bird species migrate?
Migrating birds are especially sensitive to global problems as they traverse international borders their entire lives. To get all the news on what Birdlife International is doing to help the world’s bird populations, check out the March 2010 BirdLife News Round-up!
Here is an audio of what these Greater White-fronted Geese sound like flying over. Notice how much higher pitched their calls are than the Canada Goose. This is a good way to tell which species is flying over when they are too high to identify visually.
[audio:https://thebirdersreport.com/audio/GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose.mp3] Courtesy of Xeno-Canto, recorded by Daniel Lane of the United States
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Hi Larry,
The geese are slowly coming back over here too… Some brent and barnacle have arrived but no sign yet of the white-front… your flying shot is exquisite!
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Great post, Larry! The Greater White fronted Geese would be a new sighting for me. Cool photo of them flying over.
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Larry, I think I tried to find this before, but no luck. Which species are you a species champion for? As soon as you say, I’ll feel stupid for not finding it. But I’m ok with that. 🙂
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the patterns on teh birds are like fingerprints. 🙂 Bet no one has the same.
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@Chris very cool. I was trying to get a shot of an entire skein of the White-fronted Geese landing in the water and I got this shot as they flew over. When they came back around they decided to land in the grass instead
@Eileen thanks. If you ever need someone to carry your bags to Costa Rica, let me know. I’d be happy to help you out 😉
@Amber I am a Species Champion for the program in general. They use my contribution to help whichever species needs the money right now
@NF I believe you are right about those patterns!