Date: 02/05/2011

Number: 1

I live next to a field where the farmer plants corn every year. This field is quite popular with the geese when migration time comes and is about only a mile from the Blue Ridge Parkway - a migration route. Every fall I look forward to seeing them fly in in formation and prepare for a feast of leftover corn. They then turn in for the evening with wings and head tucked under - only to fly out again in the morning. Well . . . they are back! Already! For the last two weeks I have observed small flocks flying in to settle into the field for a stop over. They then headed toward the Blue Ridge Parkway and turned north. There were several small flocks which seemed to join together in a larger formation. How do they know when to head north? This is early for them but most welcome. I enjoy "waiting up" to see the glory of the "V" shape and their obsessive honking!

Roanoke, VA

Latitude: 37.3 Longitude: -79.9

Observed by: Charlotte
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