I saw a single goose flying north that was honking up a storm. I figured it must have overslept and the rest of the flock took off and left it behind. I wonder if it every caught up to it group or not and it wouldn’t have been able to rest in my pond since it was already frozen over.
Lonely Goose
I had to laugh today when I saw a lone goose flying south as he must have heard the forecast of snow and decided it wanted a warmer environment even if the rest of the the gaggle of geese stayed in snow country.
Lone Goose
The family of geese are out for a nice summer time swim. The young often remain with their parents for their entire first year.
At least 11 subspecies of Canada Goose have been recognized, although only a couple are distinctive. In general, the geese get smaller as you move northward, and darker as you go westward. The four smallest forms are now considered a different species: the Cackling Goose.
The “giant” Canada Goose, Branta canadensis maxima, bred from central Manitoba to Kentucky but was nearly driven extinct in the early 1900s. Programs to reestablish the subspecies to its original range were in many places so successful that the geese have become a nuisance in many urban and suburban areas. And it is no fun stepping in goose poop!
Swimming Geese
