Going South
Jan 19, 2023 17:16:05 #
The geese don't seem to go as far as as they used to. Or at least I don't feel they do.
Jan 20, 2023 07:11:19 #
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Jan 20, 2023 09:35:56 #
odujim wrote:
Really nice winter photo!
Thanks, I have been been to this spot every so often. First time I have seen geese here. In the spring an summer there is a swan pair who have their chicks at this site.
Jan 20, 2023 12:18:12 #
NJFrank wrote:
The geese don't seem to go as far as as they used to. Or at least I don't feel they do.
Jan 20, 2023 12:29:45 #
Jan 20, 2023 13:39:37 #
You're right Frank, they don't. Changes in habitat coupled with humans handing out popcorn and bread has made migration unnecessary in many locations.
Jan 20, 2023 14:23:54 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
You're right Frank, they don't. Changes in habitat coupled with humans handing out popcorn and bread has made migration unnecessary in many locations.
I still flying in the V formation. They just don’t go anywhere.
Jan 20, 2023 15:51:57 #
NJFrank wrote:
The geese don't seem to go as far as as they used to. Or at least I don't feel they do.
When I was a kid, we almost never saw a goose. Now? Everywhere imaginable! They don't seem to go far because this (wherever) is their home grounds now.
Jan 20, 2023 16:43:51 #
I live in Anamosa, IA. The Wapsipinicon River runs alongside it. Often when the temperature is below freezing, geese gather below the dam, because of the open water. We have so far had an unusually, mild winter. The river is open and there are no geese to be found. I have seen days in the past where there have been up to 500 of them there.
Jan 20, 2023 17:44:00 #
joecichjr wrote:
When I was a kid, we almost never saw a goose. Now? Everywhere imaginable! They don't seem to go far because this (wherever) is their home grounds now.
I totally agree. I would occasionally see them flying south, when I was growing up.
Jan 20, 2023 17:45:21 #
OldJeff wrote:
I live in Anamosa, IA. The Wapsipinicon River runs alongside it. Often when the temperature is below freezing, geese gather below the dam, because of the open water. We have so far had an unusually, mild winter. The river is open and there are no geese to be found. I have seen days in the past where there have been up to 500 of them there.
Mild here in NJ. But didn't doesn't seem to matter what the temperature, they are around.
Jan 20, 2023 20:51:20 #
NJFrank wrote:
The geese don't seem to go as far as as they used to. Or at least I don't feel they do.
Jan 20, 2023 21:27:29 #
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