Enjoying the Day
by Nava Thompson
Title
Enjoying the Day
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A photo taken by Nava Jo Thompson of a white goose at the lake in Arkansas......The white geese are a small group of waterfowl which are united in the genus or subgenus Chen, in the true geese and swan subfamily Anserinae. They breed on subarctic areas of North America and around the Bering Strait, migrating south in winter......Many authorities place these species in the grey goose genus Anser. Indeed, Chen and Anser are anatomically indistinguishable. However, external morphology, biogeography, and molecular data[citation needed] suggest that the white geese are indeed an evolutionary lineage distinct from the grey geese � from which they split off fairly recently, essentially replacing them in North America. The AOU recognizes this genus as distinct; most other authorities today consider it a subgenus of Anser......Like grey but unlike the Branta black geese, their feet and legs are colored in reddish hues. The bill is also reddish in these birds as in most grey geese, except in adult males of Ross's Goose which have a blue-black grainy cere. The wingtips are black, as in all true geese, whereas the head is always white without any markings or pattern in adult birds of this genus, which distinguishes them from all other true geese except feral domesticated geese. The rest of the plumage is either white all over, or colored in various dark bluish-grey hues; the latter birds, uniquely among true geese, do not have white uppertail and undertail coverts, though the tail itself may be white......White-phase snow geese of both species can be told apart from feral geese best by the more slender, elegant neck, which is thick-set in domestic geese; these also have a generally heavier body and often lack black wingtips.
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March 16th, 2013
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 November: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (November 7, 2018)
Anita Faye
Nava, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
William Tasker
Stunning shot and composition, Nava! Thank you for submitting this wonderful and identified bird image that is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group - L/F
Doug Kreuger
Nava, I've always thought of this one with Happy Thoughtsit does look like he's "Enjoying The Day" Such a remarkable capture! L&F
Nava Thompson replied:
Doug----I like 'Happy Thoughts'---would be a great caption. Thank you very much--and for the l/f!
Judy Palkimas
Nava, this is a SURPRISE visit for WFS and a PIF too! love this on so much!!
Nava Thompson replied:
Judy---wow---thank you! I really appreciate your taking the time to do promote with a Surprise visit and PIF!!
Doug Kreuger
Another masterful marvel, Nava! I love the sunlit feathers on this fowl friend. Informative description, as well. Voted
Lingfai Leung
I love this shot, kind of reminds me the story about Mother Goose. voted for the great work, Nava Jo.
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Congratulations, on your Feature V,F, AND Publication in -The Artist News - an Internet Weekly... http://paper.li/f-1343723559# and on the Home page of ARTIST NEWS. Thank You for submitting it to the group....
Nava Jo Thompson
Thank your Randy for featuring 'Enjoying the Day' in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery!
Randy Rosenberger
A true beauty, Nava, and I love the white with the speckles on it, and have seen a few sitting on the ice around the winter with the aeration system in operation on our lake. They just gather for a few days to drink, bath, sunbathe, goose talk, and then they are on their way. Beautiful avians however, and thanks so much for sharing this one with us. Love it! Also Loved to see you on tv! What a star! Am very proud of you! Forever, Elvis
Nava Thompson replied:
Thank you Randy---it is cold here today with sleet and snow on the way to give the new blooms a challenge. I so look forward to some warm still days for the flowers and wildlife photography. Happy that you like this one. Thank you!
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