A new video!
Video:Farm fields near Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware, NC
Post written: Raleigh, NC
January 11, 2023
January 28, 2023
Blogger’s Note
Continuing my new series of short videos. I think these two videos – and especially the second video – are beginning to show that I’m on the right path. Please comment!
Snow Geese lift off
Just after sunrise we can make out the white row of snow geese behind the reeds on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The flock overnights on the water – the safest place for them to sleep.
Video Link: Click on the arrow to start the recording. You can watch fullscreen by clicking on the small box in the lower right-hand corner.
We watched for hours
Probably not the same flock we saw lift off from the Bay …
Beautiful geese. Wonderful filming and narration, Barry. Thank you very much for sharing this amazing sight.
Thanks Mary! Great fun learning a new skill. – barry
Barry your video of the snow geese is amazing! Congratulations!!!
Hi Barbara – Thanks, I’m having fun. Video is so completely different from stills that it will keep me going for years! – barry
The second video was excellent
David – Thanks! It turns out to have been a very successful workshop – great to meet you! – barry
In the past 50 years there has been a decline of 2.9 BILLION! birds in N America.
From the amazing video I would never have guessed it. What a sight you captured.
Bill – Snow geese are the exception – their numbers have exploded over the last few years. So much so that overpopulation may cause a collapse soon. Thanks for you comment! – barry
Love these videos Barry!!! You have a great voice for narrating them too!
Thanks Holy! I follow and enjoy your videos too! – barry
Really like the second one. It was a fun trip for sure.
Joe – I’m glad you got to see some results from your workshop! It was great fun … – barry
Barry,
Your video is excellent. Your commentary is particularly fine. Good job!
Barry, your video is excellent. Especially your commentary. Good job!!!
Thanks Gracelyn! – It’s keeping me moving trying to learn new things! – barry
Amazing!
Hi Karen – Wonderful to hear from you! We’re still in there kicking! Barry
Spectacular videos of the geese. You must have been frozen to the bone! I’ve never seen snow geese before so it was really cool to see so many in giant flocks. A few times I felt like they were flying in all directions…makes me wonder if they ever crash into one another, but I don’t think they do. Thanks for sharing your amazing trips.
Hi Hope! Thanks! It wasn’t really very cold – 24 Degrees when I did the Blue Heron on Ice gradually warming up the rest of the day. I think the geese do occasionally run into each other. Our guide notice 2 or 3 geese on the ground, apparently stunned, perhaps from a collusion. The whole experience was great fun. Barry
Barry,
Thank you so much for sharing. I just love hearing the sounds of the birds. Sure does make the experience so real. Your voice is smooth and warm. you have a real announcer’s voice. My parents enjoyed birding at Bombay Hook. Really liked this blog entry. Thank you
Hi Carol – Thanks, this is lots of fun – and impresses the grandkids too! – barry
Amazing. Thank you, Barry.
Thanks Ceil – I’m still trying to impress the grandkids. They’re all teengers now, hard to impress. But these video did it! Hope you are doing well too. – barry
Barry,
Fabulous footage and narration! The goose choreography is simply amazing!
Mona
Thank You Mona! I’m having fun with my video now. – barry
As you may remember, I grew up in Newark Delaware, and spent many an hour at Bombay Hook watching birds, and always visit there if I end up back on the East Coast. Doesn’t look like the snow geese have changed very much, I am happy to say.
Hi Guy! It was a great place to visit. The blue heron on thin ice’s filmed there too. Now the biggest change is that snow geese are one of the few bird species to increase in population. There are millions more there now than there were 10 years ago! Great place to visit and on my list to revisit.
Cheers, – barry
The videos are captivating Barry. Looking forward to more. You’ve doe a great job documenting your travels and your life!
Dave Peters
Dave – THANKS. I’m having fun. I suppose my main goal in life now in to impress the grandkids. They are all teenagers now. Hard to impress. But I’m pretty successful at it. And if Megan worries about me a little – that’s another success!
– barry
I love your narration, photography, and editing on the second video. The recorded sounds were great, too. Thanks for putting this together!
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