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| Canda Geese Early to mid March 2020 |
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| Canda Geese at Dead Creek Field On or about 7 March 2020 |
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| Late March 2020 |
Week before last when I saw Canda Geese at Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge, I thought they are early. Given the way the weather has been this year 2024, warm to cold and back again, I return to see if there's a larger flock or just the small one. I saw no geese at all the next week. That doesn't mean they aren't there. A small flock arriving early might be their way of doing things.
Looking at more March 2020 pictures, I see a snowy one taken around the 23rd of March 2020. Aha, a reminder there can be a lot of snow late in March.
The Mute swans come back here in our part of Michigan. Janice
ReplyDeleteJanice,
DeleteThat is nice having swans to see.
I haven't seen any swans in Vermont.
March here is always snow laden! The geese come back here in March though.
ReplyDeleteMarie,
DeleteLooking at the old pictures, mid March is about the time the geese pass through the Champlain Valley,
We have flocks of Canada geese year round, descendants of migratory geese. They have made park walking impossible in many places, droppings everywhere. They're protected, and they proliferate. Too much of a good thing, thousands overhead at times.
ReplyDeleteLiz,
DeleteIn areas where the geese are a problem in Vermont, traffice issues mostly, I've seen them moved elsewhere.
The droppings need a clean up crew like in the old days shoveling up the horse manure in the streets.
They're all over the state, where to move them to? No budget for small towns to do daily shoveling! I was observed by several of them at the doctor's office this morning as I parked. I was very careful. They're aggressive.
DeleteOh dear, aggressive is not good.
DeleteHighland Lakes in northern NJ and east of there has a bunch of ponds and lakes.
Our Canada geese are back, too. I sometimes wonder if they really go anywhere!
ReplyDeleteJeanie, Some of the flock might winter over. In Michigan I do believe there are winter geese around in winter.
DeleteWe are in the season where sandhill cranes pass through on their migration north. They are so loud, I instantly recognize them from inside my house. There is a wetland area nearby where they stop and rest and the birds often fly right over out house. Watching and hearing these flocks of birds has been one of the highlights to moving a bit out of town.
ReplyDeleteBecki,
DeleteCranes are neat birds.
Vermont isn't on their migration path, at least where I live.
The Canada geese have been here all winter - open water means they stick around. I think the ones that stay are the smaller versions wherease the larger ones still head south.
ReplyDeleteMaryanne,
DeleteGuessing here, maybe the migrating geese only go as far south as they feel the winter weather needs them to go.
It's quite possible that you're right on that. We expect likely the vultures will be returning any day.
DeleteMaryanne,
DeleteA small flock of Canda Geese, flew over my location yesterday at a very low altitude.