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 recog
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
pla