Canadian Geese

[Gregory Matthews]

When I was young, in the 1950s, Canadian Geese were present in the U.S. in limited places and only at certain months of the year.  At other times they would fly North.  Today they are present in the U.S. seemingly everywhere and at all times of the year.   Why?  Is this due to climate change?  No, it is not due to climate change.  The reason for this is interesting and has a teachable lesson.

In those early days some were afraid that Canadian Geese were a declining population in the U.S. and needed to be protected.  So, across the various States wildlife people began to raise geese in captivity and then release them. 

The problem was that these new flocks did not have parents to teach them to migrate.  So, the stayed in the places where they were raised and released and did not migrate.

As a result, today we have Canadian Geese who do migrate back and forth as they were raised in Canada and the Artic, by their parents and we have such who do not migrate.

 

My source of information is:

Kenn & Kimberly Kaufman, "Change Is In The Air,"  Birds & Blooms, November 2014, pages 35 - 36.

[Gregory Matthews]

It is a very good bird and flower magazine.  I do not subscribe to it, but, I see a lot of copies.  Right now I am about to give away nine (9) copies that I have.

 

[Outta Here]

For clarity's sake, Gregory is referring to Canada geese. The qualifier, Canadian, is never used when speaking of the migratory bird.

[Gregory Matthews]

Thank you Aubrey.  I always appreciate any clarity that may be needed to be given to a post of  mine. 

Further, you have stated it exactly as it was stated in the article.

 

[Gregory Matthews]

I trust that you will note that I did not fall for your joke: 

 

[Outta Here]

12 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

 

 

12 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

Thank you Aubrey.  I always appreciate any clarity that may be needed to be given to a post of  mine. 

Further, you have stated it exactly as it was stated in the article.

 

You're kidding?! Exactly as it was in the article? That's hilarious! I must have read an awful lot of more of Birds and Blooms than I thought I had. (We've been subscribers for 10 years thanks to a gift donation my grandmother gives us.) The only reason I knew the difference in the name is that I have been scolded  corrected many times by my grandmother and my father on the fact that "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CANADIAN GOOSE! IT'S A CANADA GOOSE!" 

(It's my personal opinion that it doesn't really matter what they're called. We all know what bird we're talking about. The one that lays an egg that can fit in the palm of your hand. The one that leaves green poop all over the sidewalk. The one that'll bite your ankles if you get too near its nest.)

 

[Gregory Matthews]

Aubrey, I did not intend to imply that your statement was an exact quote from Birds & Blooms.  My intent was to state that B&B article called the bird a "Canada Goose." rather than a Canadian Goose, as I cited it.

As to your correcting me:  I learned something from you.  I do appreciate learning, to include correcting me.