Hi all, Today at the junction of Pine Tree and & Rt 79 I saw a flock of Canada Geese coming from Six Miles Creek reservoir. While the bus waited for traffic to turn, I was looking for if a Cackling was present among them. All of a sudden one goose split away from the group and turned back to Six Miles Reservoir. I wondered why it did. Only explanation I can think of was it took off with roosting geese, but its companions were not among the group that flew. On realizing its mistake, it turned back to see what happened to its companions?
I remember watching roosting Sandhill Cranes in groups of hundreds in Bosque Del Apache NM, would take off in group of four of five at break of dawn and how they moved in group among others and how they contacted each other. It was fascinating to watch. There is so much to learn even in some very common species. It is always fascinating for me to learn how they flock and how they separate. It is not a random process for sure. Cheers Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
