Dear Readers: I don’t have a fresh column this week, but after seeing a northbound formation of geese fly over this weekend, I thought that this column from January 2014 would be an appropriate ...
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Why Do Canada Geese Fly in a V Formation?
It’s a classic migration-season image: a flock of Canada geese flying across the sky, their progress marked by a chain of honks and steady wingbeats. Of birds that migrate for winter, most people ...
Greetings, and welcome aboard Goose Airlines. It's a beautiful and clear March day, perfect for our flight north today. I'll be your flight attendant on this journey. Our pilots have started returning ...
The geese greatly outnumbered people in Garfield Park on a sunny Thursday in Mentor. They swam, sat in front of park benches, strolled on the sidewalks. A car honked at one blocking the road. The ...
The musical honking of Canada geese and their V-shaped flocks streaming overhead are classic signs of autumn. I hear the clamor of geese as they fly low over my house, preparing to land in the ...
The unmistakable V-formation geese adopt in flight is more than a cool aerial trick. The entire flock benefits from upward air flowing off the lead bird’s wings, whose fellow fliers then get to save ...
Dear Readers: I’ve seen a cornucopia of birds over the past week — mallards, Canada geese, bald eagles, even a few lingering American white pelicans — reminding me of this column which was originally ...
The geese greatly outnumbered people in Garfield Park on a sunny Thursday in Mentor. They swam, sat in front of park benches, strolled on the sidewalks. A car honked at one blocking the road. The ...
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