Pink-footed Goose, for example,
gets it right and follows a flock of Pink-footed Geese to the correct wintering
grounds.
Steve
From: Timothy Healy [mailto:tp...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 5:00 PM
To: Steve Walter
Cc: NYSBIRDS
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Awareness - Site
Pink-footed Goose, for example,
gets it right and follows a flock of Pink-footed Geese to the correct wintering
grounds.
Steve
From: Timothy Healy [mailto:tp...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 5:00 PM
To: Steve Walter
Cc: NYSBIRDS
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Awareness - Site
While Steve is correct that wintering geese are often highly mobile, traveling
large distances between roosting lakes and feeding grounds throughout each
winter, I know of four additional birds at two additional sites that have shown
strong sight fidelity. I have documented the return of a
While Steve is correct that wintering geese are often highly mobile, traveling
large distances between roosting lakes and feeding grounds throughout each
winter, I know of four additional birds at two additional sites that have shown
strong sight fidelity. I have documented the return of a
I have to disagree in the case of wintering geese. I don't keep tabs on
every rare goose that turns up on Long Island. I best remember those on the
western part of the island, especially those that I've photographed. Looking
at my records of photographed rarities (and even Snow Geese in unusual
I have to disagree in the case of wintering geese. I don't keep tabs on
every rare goose that turns up on Long Island. I best remember those on the
western part of the island, especially those that I've photographed. Looking
at my records of photographed rarities (and even Snow Geese in unusual
There's lots of knowledge out there about site fidelity among birds - same
individuals returning each spring for nesting, and identifiable individuals
returning to the same wintering grounds.
There are some notable examples, such as an individual of a particularly
rare species that returned each
There's lots of knowledge out there about site fidelity among birds - same
individuals returning each spring for nesting, and identifiable individuals
returning to the same wintering grounds.
There are some notable examples, such as an individual of a particularly
rare species that returned each
