Clearly, my ideas of posting some well-written, carefully considered piece of writing every week was too ambitious. So just some quick thoughts this time:
If you live in San Francisco (especially near Golden Gate park) and hear some geese honking overhead, look up. Odds are good you’ll see two full-sized Canadian geese and two miniatures. Exact same coloring and proportions, but one third the size!
I don’t know if they’re in the same family, but I saw a string of baby geese a month ago by Stowe Lake. It’s amazing how fast kids grow up….
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- Last month…
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- Go away NOW.
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- Babies facing off
Did you know that Canadian Geese are actually Canada Geese? Anyone saying anything else is apparently *not* a birder. But as an English major and theoretically, a writer, I say when everyone knows what you’re saying — even when it’s wrong — that’s that. And in a few years, the dictionaries will make it official.
FYI, from now on, I’ll be posting optional reading about whatever it is I’m writing about. Those will also end up in the sidebar on the right.
That’s it for now. Keep your ears open…
More about geese:
Fun:
Great Plains Nature Center
Facts:
Cornell University’s Bird Guide
July 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm |
L,
In Cordova they were all proud of their Dusky Canada Geese, a subspecies I believe. As a non-birder I couldn’t tell the difference, except they were smaller. With your new avocation you should consider catching the shorebird festival in Cordova – all of the migratory shorebirds on the west coast of the Americas funnel through the Copper River Delta in early May. Google it.
M