A Beautiful Sublime Sunday - Geese Flocking Out of the North While Wildflowers Keep Blooming...

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It's starting - the geese are beginning to flock out of the north, starting their long journey to warmer southern countries.

Close Up of a Flock of Canada Geese Heading South

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The picture above I took this morning and was the third flock of Canada Geese I had seen so it confirmed that the migration south had started.

Yesterday I saw two massive flocks of geese piling out of the north. We had a tornado watch on for our area with high winds in the upper atmosphere. I thought this might have been the reason for this great number of Canada geese to start moving. I expect huge flocks with the snow geese but not the Canada geese and not so early. When I saw another flock the next day when it was a lovely day with clear blue skies I knew the migration was on in earnest.

Sighting of Huge Flocks of Canada Geese

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Closer View of a Flock of Geese with Huge Numbers

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Close Up 3 Canada Geese in Flight More Above

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Close Up V Formation of Canada Geese by Trees

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The geese kept coming and coming...

Behind Spruce Tree Large Flock of Canada Geese in Flight

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More From that Large Flock of Canada Geese

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Shortly after that flock of geese had disappeared into the horizon another large flock of geese appeared above the opening in the forest heading south.
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Migrating geese is a sure sign of Fall (even if the official fall date isn't until another month).

I noticed with the hot dry weather we have been having a lot of the wild flowers were going past their prime but I still managed to capture a lovely patch of goldenrod and a display in purple of the asters with a fireweed blossom among them.

Goldenrod Brighten the Fields

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Close Up of Goldenrod Bloom

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Wild Asters Add Some Purple to the landscape

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Close Up of the Aster Blooms

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Close Up of the Aster Blooms Showing It's Pretty Center

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Fireweed Among the Aster Blooms

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I love the diversity of wildflowers we have in our area which I have showcased in some of my previous posts. I've been taking photos of the different blooms throughout the seasons to put together into a photo book of the wildflowers around my home in the Boreal Forest of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Bird images are for the #FeatheredFriends community hosted by @melinda010100

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This is my Amazing Nature Contest August 2020 - #03 entry. See details here

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The photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.

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It was a pleasure to take this walk under the open sky with my eyes. I could almost feel the winged energy of those hundreds of geese! Nice week!

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We saw the swallows on the telephone wires yesterday. They will be leaving soon...

The goldenrod is beautiful and you got some nice shots of the asters. :))

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Great spot. I like them prefer warmer weather.
Dislike the cold winter when I was in Kansas City for 2 years+

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There have been quite some flocks passing here too but I couldn't get my phone out in time - they were gone so fast :)

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The wild Aster looks really nice .. I like how you captured the different stages during blooming. Also the combination with the Fire weed looks pretty ^^

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Wow! I'm surprised the geese are on the move. I don't expect to see them here until maybe late October or November.

I love the flowers and blooms, they are beautiful. But I miss the fall in the north and the Geese heading south. Football and a nip in the air. I miss it until the geese are all gone and it turns cold:)

Thanks for a wonderful post.

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