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  • Let's go!

    Let's go!

    A flight of Canada Geese take off from partly frozen Big Lake in late fall, more at https://www.wildstalbert.com/WildStAlbert/First-and-Last/

  • Family fall flight

    Family fall flight

    A flight of Snow Geese (6 adults and 4 juveniles) follow a pair of Canadas over Big Lake

  • Migration

    Migration

    A flight of Canada Geese fly over the canopy in Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

  • Flotilla

    Flotilla

    The goose family navigates the busy waters of the J Poole wetlands. St Albert.

  • Big Stretch

    Big Stretch

    Dad has a stretch after assisting with swimming lessons while mum checks that all is OK. J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

  • Pround Mum

    Pround Mum

    Showing her brood adjacent to the boardwalk in the J Poole wetland, had to walk back to the car to get a shorter lens so I could fit the whole family into the frame. St Albert.

  • Canada Goose with brood

    Canada Goose with brood

    J Poole Wetland, St Albert

  • Pastoral scene

    Pastoral scene

    Three pairs of Canada Geese relax on a "greening up" field adjacent to the Big Lake flood plain. Sturgeon County.

  • Turf war

    Turf war

    A Canada Goose buzzes a nesting Great Blue Heron, with some sort of intent as it seemed deliberate, not sure if the goose was posturing or was surprised to find the heron there as moments before it flew up the nest appeared to be empty (from where I was standing). Sturgeon County.

  • No hunting here

    No hunting here

    The flooded Big Lake Interpretive trail, of course in the fall hunting is permitted a short walk beyond this sign, curious for an area designated as a provincial park. Lois Hole Park, Sturgeon County.

  • Geese in a prairie field

    Geese in a prairie field

    Minimalist composition of what should be obvious by the title and subject matter! Sturgeon County

  • Snack time

    Snack time

    A pair of Canada Geese snacking on last fall's barley harvest, stocking up after the long flight in from the south. Sturgeon County.

  • You walk I'll Swim

    You walk I'll Swim

    A pair of Canada Geese hanging out on the Sturgeon River. St Albert.

  • As time goes by

    As time goes by

    A pair of Canada Geese use the spring ice as a perch to watch the river run by. Sturgeon County

  • Our summer home

    Our summer home

    Not quite there yet but judging by the noise they were making as they flew in they were very happy to be here, first things first, look for grub. Sturgeon County

  • Spring arrives

    Spring arrives

    Our local band of Canada Geese arrive on the first full day of spring, a little later than usual, not surprising though due to the very cold weather that started in February and continued into early March. Sturgeon County.

  • After the harvest

    After the harvest

    At dusk, Canada Geese feed on the left over grains from the harvest. Sturgeon County. (disclosure; distracting power lines removed)

  • Snow Geese

    Snow Geese

    Black and white photograph of overhead snow geese on their fall migration. Sturgeon County.

  • Snow Geese

    Snow Geese

    Snow Geese fly off over St Albert, taken from Sturgeon County.

  • Lift off

    Lift off

    Snow Geese, having settled in a field close to our home in Sturgeon County, all seem to decide to fly off as one, one of nature's spectacles on our doorstep.

  • Fall migration of the Snow Geese

    Fall migration of the Snow Geese

    The Snow Geese seem a bit off course this year, lucky for us! Sturgeon County.

  • Canada Geese

    Canada Geese

    Gathering over Big Lake for the fall migration

  • Circling the Wagons

    Circling the Wagons

    Adult Canada Geese protectively circle their goslings on a small pond near the Big Lake Interpretive Trail

  • Family Portrait

    Family Portrait

    A Canada Goose family near the Big Lake Interpretive trail

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