September 08, 2003
Going quackers
I heard them before I saw them the other day when I was working up in the field -- Canadian geese heading south. And the weather report calls for a chance of frost tonight. Time to cover those tomatoes!
Posted by peter at September 8, 2003 05:34 AMComments
Only what I (John J.) told Peter by phone: the geese may well have been Canadian -- they were born in Canada, and so by rights should be able to claim citizenship there -- but as a crabby wildlife biologist told me, repeatedly, in 1974, for biologists and birders those were "Canada Geese" honking overhead.
Posted by: Jacobson & Chandler at September 12, 2003 08:10 PM