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Wild gooses
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Copyright: Enrico Barbieri (Angel64)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 27]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (589) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-02-20 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Camera: Canon EOS400D |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-02-24 5:23 |
| Viewed: 138 |
| Points: 5 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
There are 2 subspecies of Wild gooses, western and estern
Anser anser anser L. (Anser cinereus): in western Europe (England, Germany and Holland).
Anser anser rubrirostris: Eastern Europe. It is the ancestors of the domestic goose. The two subspecies are much similar: the second one has rose bill and the hemming of the plumage on the back and on the wings are more clearly marked, moreover the coloration of the tail is white. It lives near ponds and swamps. Excellent migrant, it flies in great flocks of triangular shape. It is Adaptable to various hambient. Sociable and gregarious, it can be tamed easily.
Head, neck and flanks are tawny grayish. The chest is light gray, tending to the chamois towards the abdomen. The crupper is white. The spout, wide and sturdy, has an orange coloration. The legs are red-orange. The male is a bit larger of the female. The
young gooses are similar to the adults but with darker plumage. Size 70-90 cm. Weight approximately 4,5 kg. Wing span from 170 to 200 cm. It is omnivorous and it feeds of pesciolini, snails, bugs, larve, lombrichi, frogs, seeds, buds and grass. In captivity the optimal diet is constituted from a feed and a concoction of seeds. The female places eggs
(from 4 to 7, whitish) in the nest constructed in zones repaired from the predators. |
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02-24 07:14 |
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Hi! Enrico,
Nice shoot and sharp image. If you could crop a little from the right pane so the subjects have some space in the left to give an impression of action or moving towards to the left. TFs
- rychem
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(7394) - [2009-02-24 7:40]
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Hello,
nice shot, nice scene in the nature, well seen
regards
Ryszard
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- lele
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(11169) - [2009-02-24 12:25]
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ciao enrico
ottimp scatto
bello il soggetto
buona profondita di campo
complimenti
lele
