The Canada Geese in this area don’t migrate; they are here year-round. But in the spring and the fall they still form up in their flocks, even though they aren’t actually going anywhere. I often wonder where they imagine they are going…
Around here they just seem to have a sort of number of different fields or areas that they rotate through. They all line up in their formations and take off from our nearby pond and go just a few miles, to settle down on another field and then the next day they will come back to the field by our pond.
It may be similar here. There are always some around by lakes and ponds, but there are a lot more flyovers in spring and late fall so we tend to think that some migrate and some don’t….but don’t know for sure.
I like the flying V heading into the clouds. But oh those Canada geese, I detest them. Fouling the parks and golf courses, I wish they would migrate. I prefer snow geese. They fly in, stick around for a couple of weeks posing for photographs, then take off.
