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 ...
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The only snow goose I ever saw growing up was from pictures of the white birds in the Audubon Society encyclopedias my grandparents got me for my birthdays. Heck, in the 1970s around here you didn’t ...
Why did the Canada goose cross the road? Because it couldn’t fly. Each year from mid-June through July, Lancaster County drivers navigate around grounded Canada geese walking across roadways. The ...
Every summer, Canada geese trade their flight feathers for new ones in a process called molting, temporarily grounding the otherwise migratory birds. During this time, the birds are easier for ...
It used to be that Canada geese were merely visitors to Hampton Roads, leaving when migratory birds flew north for the spring. Today, with an abundance of lakes, parks, golf courses and other ...
Volunteers and biologists, including Wildlife Management Program Manager David Sausville, look at the geese they trapped on Wednesday, July 2. Photo by Maeve Fairfax Maeve Fairfax is a reporter with ...
While it’s challenging for some animals and birds to live several years in the wild, Canada geese find ways to live 16 years or longer. The Pennsylvania Game Commission documented four geese across ...
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 ...