Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 28, 2015

They don’t know any better.

At least they didn’t have to turn in a bogus leaf collection.

Flying isn’t as easy as it looks.

Different strokes for different blokes.

I dunno in this case, Richard. After 3,000 miles of flapping my wings, I think I’d just plead headache and go to bed!

The older I get, the more I fly south for the winter.

Well they only have to do it twice a year and get the opportunity to see some great sites.

As long as they don’t take a left turn at Albuquerque.

My house overlooks a lake here in northern Maine. Thousands of geese have been migrating through here over the last three weeks. There are still some around, but not the thousands we had a few weeks ago. It really is a beautiful sight to see large groups landing on the lake in the evening to sleep and then taking flight in the morning to feed in the nearby fields.

They’re looking down at the morning traffic, thinking look at those fools.

“You would think there’s a good mix of males and females already in a formation of flying geese. So, why go through the bother of flying 3,000 miles just to find a room?”

They fly south because of the weather and north for the space and relative lack of predators. The Canadian Geese that stay in the south find space and lack of predators in our sub divisions……..so have given up the yearly commute.

@Egrayj,

Thanks for the lovely image! It conjures up fall to me, which we have yet to see here in California. Maybe next week when the month starts with the letter “N”? Nah!

Canadian Geese look small and unobtrusive when they are flying way up high, but up close they are big honkin’ things.

Here in Middle Georgia, the Canada geese have stopped migrating farther south, and have taken up year-round residence. They have become a nuisance, and the goose poop they deposit everywhere is gross.

Back in 1985, as we drove into Tucson, AZ to visit my parents who wintered there, as billboard was posted just on the edge of town. It read:

Snowbirds Welcome To Tucson, Now Go Home!

Why do they always fly in a ‘V’ shape?

xxx

There could be alot more geese.

Here all along, I thought that was why they flew south. Hard targets, but mighty good eating.

On the other hand, it’s a lot easier to find food in the Arctic in the Summer, and down South in the Winter.

A pair of geese that i call George & Gracie, and their goslings every year would show up and walk around my property for a week or two., First day that i notice them, i’ll set out a pan with a few pounds of cracked corn for them to enjoy.

Around here, the Canada Geese don’t bother flying south. They stay all winter, by the river. They eat a lot of grass. It’s the law here you can’t build on the flood plain, so every river is a huge park, lots of grass, lazy geese. The cold doesn’t seem to bother them at all. Makes me wonder why they ever flied south.

Snow birds was also a name for seasonal workers.

There is a lot more to the story and not enough time here to discuss…

Apparently a few members of The Mile High Club here…