Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Visitors from Canada

These days one will see Canadian geese just about everywhere. I love to see them fly in big pflogs above me and hearing the sounds they make. Wikipedia says: This well-known species is native to North America. It breeds in Canada and the northern United States in a variety of habitats. However, its nest is usually located in an elevated area near water, sometimes on a beaver lodge. Its eggs are laid in a shallow depression lined with plant material and down. The Great Lakes region maintains a very large population of Canada Geese. Like most geese, the Canada goose is naturally migratory with the wintering range being most of the United States. The calls overhead from large groups of Canada Geese flying in V-shaped formation signal the transitions into spring and autumn.

4 comments:

Troop 1309 said...

Great photo. We have had a lot of geese flying overhead, but they aren't stopping from what I can tell. Enjoy!

Janet said...

Wonderful closeup. We live in a migratory flyway and occasionally here the honking overhead.

Dorothée said...

Hi there!
Great job capturing this one.
We have similar geese around here too. I noticed that they usually stay grouped, rarely alone.
Very interesting fact also about the V-shaped formation signal. Thanks for sharing it.

sylvia murphy said...

Greetings,

I just posted some pictures of Canadian Geese myself. They are both graceful and annoying at the same time.

Nice to see more photos of Colorado.

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