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From: tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Canada Geese
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Date: 18 Oct 88 15:46:40 GMT
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Here at the Morristown, NJ location of Bellcore, we have a lot of
Canada geese.  I have become interested in them.  I have always
liked watching migrating water foul.

I hear that the migratory patters of these birds (Canada geese)
has been changing in recent years.  Is this true?  It seems likely,
since I see them year round.  Some theories I hear are:

1. People are likely to feed them more now than before.

2. They see the domestic geese get through the winter around here
and "figure" they can too.  (There's a domestic goose farm near
here in New Vernon and the Canada geese have made good friends with
the white geese.)

3. Changes in climate.

Do they still go from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada? Any comments?

Also, to the extent that they still migrate, they are migrating a
lot this month.  I am seeing (and hearing) them fly in the dark of
the night!!!  Is this a recent thing?  I am amazed.

Tom Reingold
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