[NatureNS] Do Canada Geese fly at night?

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:56:37 -0300
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2009/9/22 Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>

>  Hi everyone,
>
> I awoke before five this morning to a sound that at first I thought was the
> honking of a flock of geese, but it didn't sound quite right. Then I
> wondered if it could be coyotes.  (Please understand that my brain was
> somewhat sleep-addled!)  Then I sensibly went back to sleep.
>
> Anyway, it got me wondering. Do migrating geese ever fly at night?
>
> Lots of flickers around Freeport today.
>
> Chris
> ..............
> Chris, yes they sure do. I often hear them moving through, coming or
> going. Sometimes if the moon is right you can watch a flock (there was a
> term to describe a flight of geese that my dad used but it escapes me right
> now) pass in front of the moon and that is super cool!!
> Marg Millard, White Point, Queens
> http://MargMillard.ca
>

That would be a skein of geese, I believe.

Pat Mckay

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/9/22 Marg Millard <span dir=3D"ltr"=
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi everyone,</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">I awoke before five this morning to a =
sound that at=20
first I thought was the honking of a flock of geese, but it didn&#39;t soun=
d quite=20
right. Then I wondered if it could be coyotes.=C2=A0 (Please understand tha=
t my=20
brain was somewhat sleep-addled!)=C2=A0 Then I sensibly went back to=20
sleep.</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Anyway, it got me wondering. Do migrat=
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ever fly at night?</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Lots of flickers around Freeport=20
today.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Chris</font></div>
<div>..............</div>
<div>Chris, yes they sure do. I often hear them moving through, coming or=
=20
going.=C2=A0Sometimes if the moon is right you can watch a flock (there=C2=
=A0was=20
a term to describe a flight of geese that my dad used but it escapes me rig=
ht=20
now) pass in front of the moon and that is super cool!!=C2=A0</div>
<div>Marg Millard, White Point, Queens</div></font></div><font color=3D"#88=
8888">
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><a href=3D"http://MargMillard.ca" targ=
et=3D"_blank">http://MargMillard.ca</a></font></div></font></div></blockquo=
te><div><br>That would be a skein of geese, I believe.<br><br>Pat Mckay <br=
></div>

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