Monday, March 14, 2011

Snow Geese at Llano Seco Unit - Sacramento River National Wildlife Reserve

These images are part of the aerial shoot I did on February 26th. I'm still working my way through the over 1100 photos I took.

On our way across the valley toward Orland, we came across huge flocks of snow geese. I didn't realize it at the time, but they were in the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. We circled above the geese for several minutes and I was able to get a number of fantastic images.

Snow Geese Over Llano Seco Wildlife Reserve
This is my favorite aerial photo of the geese - so far. Many more images to go through.

Snow Geese Over Llano Seco Wildlife Reserve
The geese were numberless when they took flight. It was breath-taking.

Snow Geese Over Llano Seco Wildlife Reserve
The flocks of snow geese were huge!

Snow Geese Over Llano Seco Wildlife Reserve
This is a nice 'close up' - we had to stay high enough to avoid potential collisions!

Snow Geese Over Llano Seco Wildlife Reserve
Snow geese flying over an island at Llano Seco

Snow Geese in Flight from the Air
Snow geese as seen from above - I love this image too

There are many more photos of the snow geese at Llano Seco still to be processed. I'm sure there will be another post in the next couple of weeks!

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