Jeremy Sarchet

An uncountable number of Canadian geese circle above a preferred patch of field in anticipation of landing. Why would they be flying like this? Ending or beginning a migration? Recreation and exercise? Staten Island California.

Starlings come and go from their collective perch at the intersection of two power line ways. Lodi, California.

A couple of deltas plus a few straggler Sandhill cranes flap their way across a narrow patch of pink sky, their wingtips tracing wiggly trails. Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, California.

Snow geese traverse the airspace above a fallow field. Staten Island, California. This video was produced with a new technique which compares pixels to be blended against an empty background. This allows blending of subjects which are part lighter, part darker than the background. Big thanks to Dan Walsh for his insights and analysis which proved instrumental for pulling off this technique.

Sandhill cranes rove the skies high and distant, with Mt. Diablo on the horizon. Lodi, California.

Clouds of starlings demonstrate their famous flocking behavior. Lodi, California.

A delta of Sandhill cranes sweeps across a patch of grey sky leaving a tapestry of impressions as they go. Lodi, California.

Starlings depart in unision from a set of power lines, as seen from underneath. Lodi, California.

Canadian geese ascend from a rice field while a few other species pass by overhead. It's quite hard to tell whether they're flying towards or away from the camera. Either way their trajectories are foreshortened and so their impressions tend to pile up. Staten Island, California

Sandhill cranes fill the sunset skies. As day turns to night, they gradually descend to roost. Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, California.

A near infinitude of Sandhill cranes drifts across the wide open sky, flowing and undulating as if a continuum. Lodi, California.

A few uncoordinated groups of Sandhill cranes cruise the evening sky in the last of the remaining daylight. Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, California.

Starlings pass swift and low overhead leaving impressions reminiscent of Morse code. Lodi, California.

A single, modestly sized group of Sandhill cranes traces out a broad boomerang turn in the sky at dusk. Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, California.