With a remote camera, set to shoot when it detects motion, these geese were captured one recent morning. What a photo! And to think that the photo was taken with a cheap, battery-powered camera, tied to a tree. The real reason the camera is set up at this site is to try to capture a giant garter snake swimming along the bank side of this marsh complex. But in this case, it is just geese. Still, a nice photo.
Big bird
Photo taken by Conservancy staff at a Conservancy preserve, 2025. With this article is a photo of a Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) in flight. It’s on one of the Conservancy’s marsh complexes. While the Conservancy has prepared the preserves mostly for the benefit of the Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni), …