A traff... goose jam? It's a common occurrence here.

#barnaclegoose
#brantaleucopsis
#helsinki
#finland
#autumn
#fall
#october
New publication: Assignment of wintering #BarnacleGeese to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms. #brantaleucopsis #population #biodiversity
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02323-y
The warmest days of the year so far in Helsinki, but soon the temperature will drop dramatically. No rest for the camera shutter before that, so I walked through the Pikku Huopalahti neighborhood once again yesterday. There were a lot people out and about, and wildlife too – such as Canada geese, barnacle geese and black-headed gulls.

#spring
#april
#helsinki
#pikkuhuopalahti
#finland
#canadagoose
#brantacanadensis
#barnaclegoose
#brantaleucopsis
#blackheadedgull
#larusridibundus
A summer evening in Helsinki, June 2024. I found some barnacle geese herding their fluffy goslings. The birds are habituated with people and somewhat divisive because there are a lot of them in Helsinki and they poop all over the place. I don't mind them: the lawns of our parks don't have to be empty green "deserts". Besides, it's fun to watch the cute goslings go about their day. Furthermore, I like to see what kind of predators the geese attract. In 2020, I saw a white-tailed eagle hunting barnacle geese in Helsinki. Red foxes definitely keep an eye on the geese as well.

#barnaclegoose
#brantaleucopsis
#helsinki
#lapinlahti
#finland
#summer
#evening
#nordicsummer

I deleted my DeviantArt account and found lots of old pictures, lots of birds, some plants and various other animals. I ran a group there where I curated pictures of plants and animals, and I thought it would be sad if my pictures were lost to another site that went to shit. So I'm going to repost some of them here.

Like this barnacle goose.

#ThrowbackThursday #BrantaLeucopsis #BarnacleGoose

Migrating Barnacle geese

Overwinter in Europe
Stop over in Iceland

#Helsingi #BrantaLeucopsis #iceland
#silentsunday #BarnacleGoose