It’s a classic migration-season image: a flock of Canada geese flying across the sky, their progress marked by a chain of honks and steady wingbeats. Of birds that migrate for winter, most people ...

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Dear Readers: I’ve seen a cornucopia of birds over the past week — mallards, Canada geese, bald eagles, even a few lingering American white pelicans — reminding me of this column which was originally ...

Canada geese are highly recognizable waterfowl which can be identified by their black head, tail, and necks with a white chin and black bill. Their wings are a dark grey and breast a lighter grey or ...