2013-02-27 Snow Goose Tracking Collar (08) (1024x680)

            Dry Slough Road, Fir Island - Snow Geese by the thousands start arriving from the Arctic in early October. Typically 70,000 to 90,000 winter in North Puget Sound until late March or April.
Fraser-Skagit Population Dynamic. "Snow geese that over-winter in northwest Washington comprise a unique population of intercontinental travelers shared by three countries: the United States, Canada and Russia. These snow geese make an arduous, annual flight to Russia’s Chuckchi Sea, to breed on Wrangel Island off the north coast of Siberia. They are called the Fraser-Skagit population, because the same identification collaring/banding studies that disclosed details of their migration timing and itinerary, found that snow geese of this group had a high fidelity to one nesting site on Wrangel Island and to one wintering area, here. They stay apart from the other snow geese aggregations that nest separately on Wrangel and winter in California." ~ wdfw.wa.gov
   

Taken in: United States / Washington / Mount Vernon (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/8.0, 1/320 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 360 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	55.0-200.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	360
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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