The Nature Photography Thread

[Stefan-A]

Wait a minute! Those look like Canada Geese...do Canada Geese live in Finland??!!

They do now. It's the old story of people importing and intentionally releasing foreign species into the wild. The population is well established these days.

[count dewclaw]

Ah, I see now! So you have Canada Geese and we have European Starlings....I think you may have gotten the better deal! Maybe....

[Stefan-A]

Possibly, I don't really know how much competition there is between these geese and our original species.

Then again, we also got the white-tailed deer, the Canadian beaver, the muskrat and the American mink. The first three haven't had any significant adverse effects on the ecosystem, but the mink is doing serious damage.

Funny thing about this country, it was under ice up until about 10 000 years ago and partially under water until a few thousand years ago. New species are constantly moving in.

[count dewclaw]

Yeah, people (in general) can be very short-sighted sometimes and not bother to think about the consequences.

[adamanteus]

this country was under ice up until about 10 000 years ago.

Stefan, be honest... It was under ice until March of this year!

[Stefan-A]

Right, and polar bears are climbing through the bedroom window.

[adamanteus]

Are they coming in or going out?

[Stefan-A]

Going, there are others coming in through the front door.

[adamanteus]

That's normal. In Finland....
I read it on the internet, so it must be true.

[Stefan-A]

I read it on the internet, so it must be true.

TV said that?