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On my way to work today I saw 2 geese, honking loudly while flying south to hotter climes...
I next in the next few weeks, I'll see lots more, and it's a sign that winter and the Christmas Father are just around the corner... |
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I see and hear geese all the time. They are going in all directions. I don't think that it means that much.
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You're very lucky Cat,
We don't see them that much here, at least not in the city... Here it's too cold for them in winter... Usually you see more and more flying to warmer climates, mostly after autumn ends... Either they're flying to warmer regions or to a party lol... |
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Oh they could be headed to Springfield , Ohio......
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Yeah, I saw some flying in the V formation a couple days ago here while going to work.
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Edited by
Duttoneer
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Thu 09/26/24 11:40 PM
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I live on the East coast in the UK and near a Bird Reserve, and it is fast approaching the time we see large numbers of Swifts in V formation fling off to West Africa for the winter, beautiful and amazing to see.
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With the fairly "mild" winters we've had lately, and people feeding them in the parks, a large number of geese and ducks have become "permanent" residents here.
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Oh they could be headed to Springfield , Ohio...... Oh, not the same Springfield that the Simpsons is based on? |
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Yeah, I saw some flying in the V formation a couple days ago here while going to work. I'm jelluss 
I only saw two, and it's difficult to fly in a Vee formation when there's only 2 lol |
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I live on the East coast in the UK and near a Bird Reserve, and it is fast approaching the time we see large numbers of Swifts in V formation fling off to West Africa for the winter, beautiful and amazing to see. I think the last time I saw a swift was about 100 years ago 
Although I have heard the chirps of those green parrots that were in London, and they seem to be spreading all over now... I've yet to seen one in Manchester though, because I've only heard them chirping lol |
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With the fairly "mild" winters we've had lately, and people feeding them in the parks, a large number of geese and ducks have become "permanent" residents here. I think that's nice, at least for UK it's nice, because we get to see birds that were not native but have decided to settle (like the green parrots I mentioned in my response to Duttoneer) .... |
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I remember my sister and father had that same disagreement ever Spring. My father saying that he saw the first Robin which is the start of Spring and my sister saying that Robins don't migrate. I always stayed out of that argument.
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Flocks of Amazon parrots can be found in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
As some birders and sharp-eyed observers may already know, the US is home to dozens of feral parrot species. Using data from eBird and the Christmas Bird Count, scientists recently tallied 56 different parrot species sighted in 43 states, 25 of which are now breeding in the wild across 23 different states.Sep 9, 2019. |
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I remember my sister and father had that same disagreement ever Spring. My father saying that he saw the first Robin which is the start of Spring and my sister saying that Robins don't migrate. I always stayed out of that argument. I had to Google if Robins migrate or not lol... Google said they do, so maybe your Father was right? |
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Flocks of Amazon parrots can be found in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. As some birders and sharp-eyed observers may already know, the US is home to dozens of feral parrot species. Using data from eBird and the Christmas Bird Count, scientists recently tallied 56 different parrot species sighted in 43 states, 25 of which are now breeding in the wild across 23 different states.Sep 9, 2019. I'm all for it.... Migration... I mostly only ever see pigeons, crows and magpies lol A grey city and greyish birds lol.. It's nice to see a splash of colour in the wildlife.. |
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Speaking of parrots my good friend who lives in an old section here says she gets parrots in her backyard and thus puts out a special birdseed for them. As of yet I’ve never seen them in my part of the city.
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Speaking of parrots my good friend who lives in an old section here says she gets parrots in her backyard and thus puts out a special birdseed for them. As of yet I’ve never seen them in my part of the city. Oops they're not parrots, but parakeets lol Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain |
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Speaking of parrots my good friend who lives in an old section here says she gets parrots in her backyard and thus puts out a special birdseed for them. As of yet I’ve never seen them in my part of the city. Oops they're not parrots, but parakeets lol Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain Thanks for the correction. |
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There's still uncertainty regarding the mechanism of how birds use Earth’s magnetic field to travel.
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