{"id":38261,"date":"2025-02-03T10:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=38261"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:24:46","slug":"up-too-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2025\/02\/up-too-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Up too early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the cats making a lot of noise this morning woke me up far earlier than I ever should have been, given the time that I went to sleep last night\/earlier this morning, but once up, I noticed the nice pall of fog out over the pond and went exploring. One set of photos is going to wait until Friday&#8217;s Estate Find, unless I get something even better before then, but we can have these now<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203Geeses.jpg\" alt=\"pair of Canada geese Branta canadensis in lower, bayou-like pond\" width=\"750\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38262\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>That&#8217;s a pair of Canada geese of course (<em>Branta canadensis<\/em>,) and I&#8217;ve been hearing them out of sight down in the lower pond, but never spotting them. The Girlfriend told me that they visited the main pond right out back while I was away the other weekend though &#8211; figures. I was working at a pretty good distance, probably in excess of 75 meters, so the fog had its chance to soften and bluify (it is too a word) the frame. Makes it fartsy.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s something that&#8217;s not immediately apparent in that one, so we go to a later frame as they swam further out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203Geeseses.jpg\" alt=\"pair of Canada geese Branta canadensis in lower, bayou-like pond, showing distinct size disparity\" width=\"750\" height=\"561\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38263\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>They didn&#8217;t overlap above like they do here, so it was easy to miss the perspective thing, but the closer one is quite a bit smaller than the farther one. The species is known for having a range of sizes, though, and has now been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Canada_Goose\/id\" target=\"_blank\">recognized<\/a> with not just 11 subspecies, but a separate, new species for the smallest variations, now known as the cackling goose. We are not seeing one of those here though.<\/p>\n<p>These two were conversing quietly in their way until I came into sight, whereupon they decided to maintain a little discretion, and swam out into more open water just as a precaution. I wasn&#8217;t going to get any better than this, though, and so I let them be. There was also the possibility that the mallards and wood ducks would be along soon and I didn&#8217;t want to spook those either &#8211; they&#8217;ve been visiting off and on for the past two weeks now, though the wood ducks are maintaining their sneaky ways and not letting me get a nice, clear portrait shot yet. It&#8217;ll come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the cats making a lot of noise this morning woke me up far earlier than I ever should have been, given the time that I went to sleep last night\/earlier this morning, but once up, I noticed the nice pall of fog out over the pond and went exploring. 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