[WIMom]

Here's a fascinating fact:

The Canada goose can fly as fast as 60 mph, but usually prefers to go about 40 to 50 mph. They often leave with the passing of a cold front, so, with the aid of a strong tail wind, they can travel an easy 60 to 70 mph. At this rate, they can fly from Hudson Bay to Horicon, a distance of at least 850 miles, in about 15 hours. From here to their wintering grounds in southern Illinois, some 450 miles to the south, requires another 7 to 10 hours.

It's really amazing to see these birds.

Imagine hundreds and hundreds of these birds flying right over your house. The only problem is the noise. What's really cool is you can hear their wings flapping if they are silent and low enough.

When they land, I always thought they looked like little helicoptors.

[lodwick]

Beautiful birds - I'm mostly glad that my creature-capping (except for fundraisers) days have come and gone.

I surely won't turn down the meat if a friend offers, however. ;-)

[palo verde]

your geese pictures are lovely WIMom
thank you for posting them
they make me happy
Love, Palo

[Gabz]

don't talk to people in Delaware about Canadian Geese - they are despised here by the farmers - because they never go home and we have hundreds of thousands of them now considered "resident Candian geese"

and the animal rights groups scream bloody murder every year when DNREC further opens hunting season and removes even more restrictions from the farmers for getting rid of them.

They may be beautiful - and they are - but they are a royal pain in the you know what!!!!!