Evening SkyCrawford County
This evening I set out to hike up past my pasture as I was drawn to the sounds of geese over the hill. Behind my pasture is a large hay pasture my neighbor keeps in good shape. In the center of it is a small low area probably 10 acres in size that holds water and so is a nice place for geese to stop as they move through. Ive seen literally a thousand snow geese in this field. I have not seen any this year, yet I know they have been North of here a hundred miles or so a few weeks ago. I am thinking I missed them or the storm we had this week has delayed them. The sound I was investigating was the familiar calls of Canadian Geese, we have some here most of the fall and a few that stay. But tonight I could hear many more than that. As I approached I saw about a hundred Canadians take off and head east. I didn't get close enough to get a decent photo of them as they lifted but was treated to some wonderful music. As I am typing this I hear coyotes over that way, creating some music of their own.
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Here in the metropolitan East, we have lots of Canada geese that don't migrate much and can be a real problem, especially leaving slippery, messy droppings everywhere. They've lost much of the mystique of flying wedges passing over for places very far away. It's good to read they still do that in the heartland.
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