密密麻麻，滿天振翅飛翔的全都是雪鵝，聲勢浩大，令人嘆為觀止！
是賞鳥者與攝影家夢寐以求的地方。
In the fall season, very large number of snow geese in Alaska and Canada migrate south to warmer
areas. In November, many snow geese come to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) along
Delaware Bay in Delaware and stay there for several weeks until the water in that area is frozen. Then
those snow geese leave Bombay Hook NWR and migrate further south.
On the morning of December 4, 2006, I called the Visitor Center at 302-653-6872 of Bombay Hook NWR
to see if those snow geese were still in Bombay Hook NWR. The ranger told me that yes, those snow
geese were still there and there were about 100,000 of them. I asked the ranger about the best time to
see those huge number of snow geese in Bombay Hook NWR. The ranger said that the best time are
(1) morning fly-out around sunrise time of huge number of snow geese taking off from their evening
roosting pond to nearby farm fields to look for foods, and (2) fly-in at sunset time of huge number of
snow geese flying back from nearby farm fields to their evening roosting pond.
With such information, I left at about 1 PM on Monday, December 4, 2006 in Mid-New Jersey and drove
for about two and half hours to reach the Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware.
The spectacular views of the concentrated huge number of snow geese in flight over the Shearness
Pool in Bombay Hook NWR are shown on this web page.
是賞鳥者與攝影家夢寐以求的地方。
In the fall season, very large number of snow geese in Alaska and Canada migrate south to warmer
areas. In November, many snow geese come to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) along
Delaware Bay in Delaware and stay there for several weeks until the water in that area is frozen. Then
those snow geese leave Bombay Hook NWR and migrate further south.
On the morning of December 4, 2006, I called the Visitor Center at 302-653-6872 of Bombay Hook NWR
to see if those snow geese were still in Bombay Hook NWR. The ranger told me that yes, those snow
geese were still there and there were about 100,000 of them. I asked the ranger about the best time to
see those huge number of snow geese in Bombay Hook NWR. The ranger said that the best time are
(1) morning fly-out around sunrise time of huge number of snow geese taking off from their evening
roosting pond to nearby farm fields to look for foods, and (2) fly-in at sunset time of huge number of
snow geese flying back from nearby farm fields to their evening roosting pond.
With such information, I left at about 1 PM on Monday, December 4, 2006 in Mid-New Jersey and drove
for about two and half hours to reach the Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware.
The spectacular views of the concentrated huge number of snow geese in flight over the Shearness
Pool in Bombay Hook NWR are shown on this web page.
| Many Snow Geese at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware |
湖邊和蘆葦叢裏白茫茫的一片。
Many snow geese on the water and the mud flat in Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR
Many snow geese on the water and the mud flat in Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR
A closer view of the snow geese on water on Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR
Another closer view of snow geese on water on Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR
Even after sunset, huge waves of snow geese were still flying in from nearby farm fields to their evening
roosting place at Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR.
roosting place at Shearness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR.
I stayed there to enjoy these spectacular views until it was too dark for me to take any more pictures. It was a
fantastic experience for me to enjoy the views of such high concentration of huge number of snow gees in flight.
In addition to these still pictures, I also took some movie clips of these huge number of snow geese in action
and uploaded the movie clips to the YouTube website at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794U2aTj7eg
On March 11, 2011, I visited Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Pennsylvania, USA and saw huge
number (about 50,000 according to the Visitor Center) of snow geese in action as shown on my Travelogue
web page at:
http://www.shltrip.com/Snow_Geese_50000_of_Them_All_Over_the_Sky.html
I have also seen large number of snow geese in Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in southeast California and
in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, USA.
Spectacular morning lift off of huge number of snow geese in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge can
be seen at the following YouTube website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB2xj0v6S-I&feature=related
fantastic experience for me to enjoy the views of such high concentration of huge number of snow gees in flight.
In addition to these still pictures, I also took some movie clips of these huge number of snow geese in action
and uploaded the movie clips to the YouTube website at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794U2aTj7eg
On March 11, 2011, I visited Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Pennsylvania, USA and saw huge
number (about 50,000 according to the Visitor Center) of snow geese in action as shown on my Travelogue
web page at:
http://www.shltrip.com/Snow_Geese_50000_of_Them_All_Over_the_Sky.html
I have also seen large number of snow geese in Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in southeast California and
in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, USA.
Spectacular morning lift off of huge number of snow geese in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge can
be seen at the following YouTube website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB2xj0v6S-I&feature=related
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR),
Website: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/
Phone: 302-653-6872
Address of Visitor Center: 2591 Whitehall Neck Road, Smyrna, Delaware 19977
Direction: From Highway 9 (Hay Point Landing Rd) east of Smyrna in Delaware, turn east into Whitehall Neck
Road (county road 85), and go all the way to Visitor Center on left. (There is a sign of Bombay Hook NWR on
Highway 9 at Whitehall Neck Road T intersection)
It is on bay shore of Delaware Bay, about 8 miles northeast of Dover and about 7 miles east of Smyrna in
Delaware.
Has 12 miles of auto tour route in Bombay Hook NWR
Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bombay Hook NWR
Detailed Maps of Bombay Hook NWR are available at the following website:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/PDF/bh-tourmap.pdf
http://www.friendsofbombayhook.org/virtualtourintro.html
The DuPont Blvd (Highway 13) in Smyrna has many stores, strip shopping centers and restaurants.
Website: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/
Phone: 302-653-6872
Address of Visitor Center: 2591 Whitehall Neck Road, Smyrna, Delaware 19977
Direction: From Highway 9 (Hay Point Landing Rd) east of Smyrna in Delaware, turn east into Whitehall Neck
Road (county road 85), and go all the way to Visitor Center on left. (There is a sign of Bombay Hook NWR on
Highway 9 at Whitehall Neck Road T intersection)
It is on bay shore of Delaware Bay, about 8 miles northeast of Dover and about 7 miles east of Smyrna in
Delaware.
Has 12 miles of auto tour route in Bombay Hook NWR
Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bombay Hook NWR
Detailed Maps of Bombay Hook NWR are available at the following website:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/PDF/bh-tourmap.pdf
http://www.friendsofbombayhook.org/virtualtourintro.html
The DuPont Blvd (Highway 13) in Smyrna has many stores, strip shopping centers and restaurants.
The sound of the large number of snow geese can be heard mile away even before I saw them at Shearness
Pool.
Pool.
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is on my web page at:
http://www.shltrip.com/Locations_For_Winter_Birding_in_NJ.html
http://www.shltrip.com/Locations_For_Winter_Birding_in_NJ.html
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