Thursday, March 29, 2012

Band on the Run

This week at Demott Pond in Clinton, NJ (one of my local patches), I noticed a Canada Goose with a leg band.  While it is pretty easy to read neck bands on geese, it is a real chore to read the much smaller leg bands.

I couldn't read the band as the goose ran around on the side of the road with its mate, but I started snapping shots hoping to get one where the band was readable.






I managed to get over 50 shots.  And some you can almost make out.  Tantalizingly close.  But.Just.Not.Quite!  Ugh!  

I guess I'll just have to keep my eye out.  Most of the migratory geese are already gone, so this may well be a local nester.  Hopefully next time I'll have better luck!

by Rob Fergus

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful to see your efforts... they use big bright plastic leg ones in the UK. I am in awe of the work some people put into recording migration.

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  2. That's tough! It seems impossible to record that number short of recapturing the bird. Valiant effort sir!

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  3. Not an easy task. So very difficult with the shadows and goose in motion. Good try!

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