Formation Flight
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
“The big, black-necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of “honkers” migrate north and south each year, filling the sky with long V-formations. But as lawns have proliferated, more and more of these grassland-adapted birds are staying put in urban and suburban areas year-round, where some people regard them as pests….. Canada Geese feed by dabbling in the water or grazing in fields and large lawns. They are often seen in flight moving in pairs or flocks; flocks often assume a V formation….. In a pattern biologists call “assortative mating,” birds of both sexes tend to choose mates of a similar size.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University lab of Ornithology
Formation Flight
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
“The big, black-necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of “honkers” migrate north and south each year, filling the sky with long V-formations. But as lawns have proliferated, more and more of these grassland-adapted birds are staying put in urban and suburban areas year-round, where some people regard them as pests….. Canada Geese feed by dabbling in the water or grazing in fields and large lawns. They are often seen in flight moving in pairs or flocks; flocks often assume a V formation….. In a pattern biologists call “assortative mating,” birds of both sexes tend to choose mates of a similar size.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University lab of Ornithology