This photo represents the most effort I have ever gone to for a shot. After several days spent befriending a flock of geese on a stopover during their migration south, they finally allowed me to join their formation in my light aircraft, for this one-off photo shoot. I became particularly close to a young gander I named "Nipper". It was heart-wrenching to see him wing his way south; would he make it through the harsh spring storms to his final destination of the Ivory Coast? I can only hope so, and that I will see him again next summer, clearly identifiable by the dent on his beak where he head-butted my camera while trying to bite my nose off.
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