From Tom Geier

Where is the short eared owl?

Lucas County, OH 3/21

  • cheeseburger@piefed.ca
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    25 days ago

    Oh, that’s a superb owl. Honk! Cool photograph.

    I’m happy to report that the sweet goosies are returning from their wintering down South; I saw my first one today in downtown Edmonton!

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
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      24 days ago

      They never leave us here. One really decorated our sidewalk at work for spring this week. Very festive birds! 😂

      Two distinct Canada goose subspecies occur in Pennsylvania. One are migrants that breed in Canada; the second breeds here. The migrants comprise geese from the Atlantic population (B. c. canadensis), which migrate over eastern Pennsylvania. Our resident geese are giant Canada geese (B. c. maxima). Resident geese are largely non-migratory; they nest and winter here. The growth of this population has been phenomenal. Prior to 1935, no Canada geese nested anywhere in Pennsylvania. Today they are found in every county. (PGC)