From Yakutsk to Russkoe Ustye "Beat the fluff geese" July 10

Album with photos by V.Zenzinov

However, how many people know what "gusevanie"? The fact is that for all goose (swans, geese, ducks) during summer molting, feathers (on the wings) fall out not gradually, like in other birds (“through the feather”), but at the same time. Thanks to this, for 11–12 days (here “from Procopius to Ilyin”, ie, from July 8 to 20), until new feathers grow, the bird cannot fly and becomes helpless. Knowing this and fearing their enemies, the birds at this time fly to the sea to deserted deserted places, where they gather by many thousands. There and go at this time to fish: herds of birds are surrounded and driven into the light. Usually many thousands are mined in this way. I have long dreamed of gusevaniya. But the closer the day of departure, the more the pros and cons. On the one hand: the Arctic Ocean, new, unseen places, adventures.