GMG Super FOB Ann Kennedy lives on the Mississippi flyway. She is apologetic about the quality of the video, but we don’t mind at all. Bird movements often happen so quickly and it is always a challenge to capture. THANK YOU ANN FOR SHARING!!!
*In the comment section, GMG reader Tom Halsted shares his experiences with snow geese. Thanks so much Tom for this wonderful description!
“Joy and I used to own a cottage on Chincoteague Island in VA when we lived in Washington. We’d be there on a November night when the snow geese arrived for their winter quarters on Assateague Island, a mile or so away. We’d wake up in the mddle of the night to the sound of 40,000 – 50,000 flying overhead, all honking at once, sounding like an immense herd of barking dogs. On Assateague they would settle in on the many water impoundment areas (ponds, really) dammed up for their benefit. All winter long little groups of them would decide they weren’t in quite the right place, and you could hear them discussing where they’d rather be, then see a flock of a thousand or so all rise up at one, circle, and settle down 100 yards away, all honking at once about how much nicer the new site was. A few hours later they might change their minds, and the whole mass relocation would happen again. Beautiful birds. The Eastern flock has its breeding grounds inside the Arctic Circle, in Northern Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. So glad they are protected.”
Good Morning Gloucester 
Amazing! Thanks Ann.
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Hi E.J.! Thanks:-)
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Where is this?
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This is an ox bow lake, by the Missouri River, in west central Missouri.
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Oh sorry, Mississippi.
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Joy and I used to own a cottage on Chincoteague Island in VA when we lived in Washington. We’d be there on a November night when the snow geese arrived for their winter quarters on Assateague Island, a mile or so away. We’d wake up in the mddle of the noght to the sound of 40,000 – 50,000 flying overhead, all honking at once, sounding like an immense herd of barking dogs. On Assateague they would settle in on the many water impoundment areas (ponds, really) dammed up for their benefit. All winter long little groups of them would decide they weren’t in quite the right place, and you could hear them discussing where they’d rather be, then see a flock of a thousand or so all rise up at one, circle, and settle down 100 yards away, all honking at once about how much nicer the new site was. A few hours later they might change their minds, and the whole mass relocation would happen again. Beautiful birds. The Eastern flock has its breeding grounds inside the Arctic Circle, in Northern Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. So glad they are protected.
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What a terrific story Tom. I am going to add it to the post–thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing this experience! They can really make an incredible racket, but I like the sound.
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Now I wish there were a way to correct spelling errors! “Noght,” indeed!
And I should add that their winter quarters in the Assateague National Wildllfe Refuge, a wonderful place to see a wide variety of birdlife. My personal favorite is the black skimmer, but there are hundreds of others there. Thanks to “Misty of Chincoteague,” tourists flock to the area, but It’s not just for ponies!
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