Sunday, May 7, 2006

NIGHT VISION

Last summer my kids and I adopted a Canada goose couple who had nested on a little island near the end of the waterway at the Cattail Marsh.  Sadly the nest was raided, probably by raccoons, and the geese mourned for a couple of days before abandoning the nest.  Much to our delight they returned to the nest again this spring and successfully hatched a clutch of 6.  These goslings are 9 days old.  Believe it or not they were swimming before they were even a full 24 hours old.  While the parents brought the babies right over to us for bread crumbs, they kept the other geese at bay.

This picture was never intended.  My night vision is not the greatest and I used the flash to see if there were any animals near the creek.  The light didn't reveal any creatures hiding in the dark, but the resulting picture is almost hypnotic.

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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2006 at 3:00 AM

    Love both of your photos.  
    Betty

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  2. AnonymousMay 8, 2006 at 3:33 AM

    Hey Dorn,

    Very nice story about the family of Geese.  Shame their home got destroyed last year, but apparently they thought enough of neighbors (you) to move back into the neighborhood again this year.  Your accidental picture is hypnotic.  You can make out shapes, but nothing specific.  It is a very nice abstract piece.

    Greg

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  3. AnonymousMay 8, 2006 at 5:23 AM

    Well done Dorn!
    Tess

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  4. AnonymousMay 8, 2006 at 5:25 AM

    I love both of the photos. I am surprised the geese came back to the same nest after it was broken up last year. You did good on the photos. Helen

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  5. AnonymousMay 9, 2006 at 4:25 PM

    Just stumbled across your journal, like you I love taking photos. The Canada  geese one and the night time one are quite magical!! Jeannette http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Holidayphotos/

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  6. AnonymousMay 10, 2006 at 9:42 AM

    wonderful photo of the goose and her offspring.   the night photo is hypnotic.   mark

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  7. AnonymousMay 11, 2006 at 4:31 AM

    Oooh... I love the baby geesies.... so cute!  And the other picture... wow... very mysterious!

    be well,
    Dawn

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  8. AnonymousMay 15, 2006 at 9:34 PM

    I abolutely love these photos.   The first is so cute .. I had photographed a family with 13 little ones last year....and then later as they became teenagers....  the second photo is incredible and you are right about it being hypnotic...amazing.
    Maria

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  9. AnonymousJune 1, 2006 at 4:16 PM

    The non intended.. thats some picture... fabulous... Helen
    http://journals.aol.co.uk/rickardfoghorn/helenssnapshots

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