Just T
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Post by Just T on Sept 7, 2022 14:44:31 GMT
Just a weird observation from something I have noticed the past few days.
I sit out on my front porch nearly every morning to drink coffee and read. The past few days, I have noticed huge flocks of geese flying overhead. I'm not near a body of water, and I can't think of a time when I have noticed so many flocks of geese. Just this morning, in the hour I've been sitting out here, 3 different large flocks of geese have flown over, even flying pretty low, barely clearing the tops of the trees in my yard. The weather here is typically very summer-like (80s and even 90s with humidity) into October, but I have noticed that the nights are becoming unseasonably cool for us for this time of year.
It just seems early in the year for geese to be migrating. I have heard my state is in for an early and hard winter, and if the geese migration is any indication, I fear that prediction may be right.
Has anyone else noticed this? Like I said, I sit out here pretty much every morning, and I have never noticed anything like this.
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 7, 2022 14:51:45 GMT
This is the start of harvest season for us. I will notice geese migrating all the time now, for the next month or two. This seems to be a normal time for me to see some start to move south. I'm hearing a lot about a bad winter, I hope not!  |
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 7, 2022 15:33:50 GMT
I feel like it is early... so maybe that isn't a good sign. I feel our geese start leaving more near the middle/end of October and continue all through winter (which doesn't make sense to me.. but whatever??)
I have not noticed anything yet in my area.. Colorado.
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Just T
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Post by Just T on Sept 7, 2022 15:53:43 GMT
Since I posted this, at least 3 more large flocks have flown over. I am working from home today, and have my laptop on my porch. One time, a flock flew so low that the dogs across the street were freaking out. I'm hearing a lot about a bad winter, I hope not! Me too! Our winter this year was pretty mild, and I am not looking forward to a hard winter. I am definitely a fair weather gal! |
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Sept 7, 2022 15:57:04 GMT
I haven't heard them yet in northern Alberta. Should be any time now.
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styxgirl
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Post by styxgirl on Sept 7, 2022 16:03:32 GMT
POOP ... So much goose poop.
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Post by gillyp on Sept 7, 2022 17:13:54 GMT
We get hundreds/maybe thousands of geese overnighting on the fields by us towards the end of September. None have arrived yet but I shall be more aware of when they do now.
Fun facts : The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.
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Post by gar on Sept 7, 2022 17:19:54 GMT
Fun facts : The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump. Typical English language 5 names for essentially the same thing  |
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Post by gillyp on Sept 7, 2022 17:22:35 GMT
Fun facts : The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump. Typical English language 5 names for essentially the same thing  we like to keep people guessing. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 7, 2022 19:04:08 GMT
"There goes a plump of geese!!"
Yeah, that sounds weird. haha...
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Post by busy on Sept 7, 2022 19:06:33 GMT
This is prime migration season for all kinds of birds. Most birds, including geese, migrate mostly at night though. That could be why you haven't noticed it before. I've always seen/heard the large flocks in pre-dawn hours but not usually during the day.
Flying low in the early morning hours suggests they're coming down to find a place to rest for the day.
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Post by compeateropeator on Sept 7, 2022 21:55:39 GMT
I am in the northeast this is the time that they tend to start, although more so in couple of weeks. It also depends if it is the Canadas or the Snows.
We have also noticed a change in migration paths within the last few years.
I have taken a 2 week vacation in the Northeast part of Vermont by the Canadian border every year for the last 30 or so years and there have been changes in numbers and routes for sure.
I also live close to a wildlife refuge that is known for an area to see Snow geese (more than the Canadas but there are both) during migration and it has also seen changes in the numbers over the years. It also seems that the flocks are not as big as in the past.
One of my favorite things in the fall is to see the couple of scouts come in and check out the lake, take off and then in come a large flock landing for the night. To hear their honks and calls, to hear the loons get pissed at them, and then to hear the awesome sound when they take off is pretty amazing and something I never get sick of.
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we like to keep people guessing. 
