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Friday, December 06, 2019
Canada Geese Winter
It is normal for the vast majority of Canada Geese to migrate south every winter. Then there are plenty of geese like these ones (residents) that spend the entire year here.
I wonder why some migrate and others don't. We see an influx here in the winter but there are still a few that stay around all summer. I always wonder why they put up with the heat when they could be so much cooler up north. And, here you have these who are happy in the cold.
Geese seem impervious to the cold and will stay through the winter if there is food available. Sioux Falls, SD, also has a resident goose population that spend the winter.
...do they really migrate these days?
ReplyDeleteIf I had wings I would be gone, Andy! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI wonder why some migrate and others don't. We see an influx here in the winter but there are still a few that stay around all summer. I always wonder why they put up with the heat when they could be so much cooler up north. And, here you have these who are happy in the cold.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful meeting
ReplyDeletePreciosa imagen, con los gansos compartiendo espacio con el hielo.
ReplyDeleteSaludos.
What a cool group. :)
ReplyDeleteThey are a hardy lot.
ReplyDeleteAs long as they've got open water and a reliable food source, they'll stick around.
ReplyDeleteGeese seem impervious to the cold and will stay through the winter if there is food available. Sioux Falls, SD, also has a resident goose population that spend the winter.
ReplyDeleteThose holdouts are in for some chilly times. There are ones that have stuck around here, too.
ReplyDeleteWe've got 'em year 'round, but all their relatives show up in the winter months.
ReplyDeleteoh I hope they stay warm, but good on them for braving the cold.
ReplyDeleteThey are the hard ones, sweet of them to stay at your place!
ReplyDeleteWe have them all the year round in Southern England, but I can remember the time when one rarely saw one
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