Geese

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Pete

Geese can't count.

Originally Posted by Pete

Interesting fact:

Do you know why one leg of a goose formation is always longer then the other?

Areodymatically advantageous to the entire flock.
Flying in a V increases speed by up to 70%.
Lead bird tires, it drops out and another takes it place.
Honking from the birds in the back are believed to engourage the ones in the front to keep the speed up and not slow down.
Point bird works the hardest as does the one at the end of the long leg of the V due to the drag (kinda like prop wash) produced by the the V.
So the geese are leaving for the season.
One the flip side, watch out for osprey..they should be arriving this week and many all ready here.
Sure sign of spring!

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Inkpen

Areodymatically advantageous to the entire flock.
Flying in a V increases speed by up to 70%.
Lead bird tires, it drops out and another takes it place.
Honking from the birds in the back are believed to engourage the ones in the front to keep the speed up and not slow down.
Point bird works the hardest as does the one at the end of the long leg of the V due to the drag (kinda like prop wash) produced by the the V.
So the geese are leaving for the season.
One the flip side, watch out for osprey..they should be arriving this week and many all ready here.
Sure sign of spring!

Saw an osprey at Pax on Tuesday.
Good job of explaining why they fly in the v, but that wasn't really the question.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by LordStanley

And you didnt shoot at any of them?

[dorothydot]

Has anybody else noticed the goose pair along Chancellors Run Rd? In one of the runoff ponds by a cemetery. It's one white barnyard goose that lives there year round... and it has picked up a Canadian goose for either a mate or best friend! The Canadian goose cares so much for the White goose that it didn't even migrate this year.

Goose and Goosie. They're always there, and always together.

Originally Posted by desertrat

Saw an osprey at Pax on Tuesday.
Good job of explaining why they fly in the v, but that wasn't really the question.

They fly in a "V", be it even or odd (one leg longer) because it is areodymatically advantangous to the entire flock due to the drag and lift factors.
OK now?
BTW: How would you answer?

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Inkpen

They fly in a "V", be it even or odd (one leg longer) because it is areodymatically advantangous to the entire flock due to the drag and lift factors.
OK now?
BTW: How would you answer?

The question was "Do you know why one leg of a goose formation is always longer then the other?"

That isn't the question you keep answering.