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12/03/2004: "Pictures 11: Talk To Me, Goose"

Tired of all the steroid talk?

Well, here are some pictures of geese on a baseball field.







I took these pictures at Whitey Ford Field in Astoria, where I wound up when I was looking for Astoria Park and didn't walk far enough north. I'm kind of glad I didn't -- I was surprised I could get this close to birds without scaring them away.

Replies: 4 Comments

on Friday, December 3rd @ 1:43 PM EST, Caroline said

yes, i think those really are geese. odd. shouldn't they be in mexico? (or wherever it is they go for the winter...maybe mexican geese does sound a little weird.)

on Friday, December 3rd @ 4:37 PM EST, Jesse Spector said

You spurred me to look it up... they're Canada Geese which spend their winters in the U.S.

on Saturday, December 4th @ 12:52 AM EST, Caroline said

I somehow thought they flew farther south... you always see them in the fall, flying south. maybe they just fly south from canada, over massachusetts, then stop in queens.

on Saturday, December 4th @ 1:04 AM EST, Shareen said

Have you ever noticed the geese which swim on the other side of the Hudson?
Right across from midtown.
They sleepswim at night. It is fascinating to watch.