19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Wednesday, October 14, 1914: << no entry>>
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Fall is here. Some things haven’t changed much across the years. Did Grandma see any Canadian Geese flying South a hundred years ago today?
Here’s what a book published in 1914 had to say about the Canada Goose.
Canada Goose
Range: The whole of North America, breeding from northern United States northward, and wintering in the southern parts of the United States. Its familiar “honk” and V-shaped formation in which the flocks migrate is always an object of interest to everyone.
The Bird Book by Chester A. Reed
A Hundred Years Ago 
And we have lots of them here, too. But year round.
If geese don’t migrate, your weather must be a little more moderate than the weather in the northern part of the US.
Indeed, you would hardly consider our winter a winter at all.
I love Canadian Geese and it is amazing how big they are!! They are one of my favorite birds! Hugz Lisa and Bear
When viewed up close they are a surprisingly large bird.
We are seeing dozens of these right now–the water is low in our bay, so they’re standing around, honking, waiting to head south.
It almost sounds like the bay has so many geese that they could become a nuisance.
As you mentioned recently, it’s easy to see that Grandma is losing interest in her diary. 😦
Ah….Canada Geese…. beautiful to look at, but “unpleasant” to have on your property.
I understand! We’ve had similar issues with geese.
During our drought, the geese went elsewhere. I haven’t heard them flying at night for at least three years, and maybe four. I wish they’d come back!
Whew, it’s amazing (in a sad way) that a drought could permanently change their flight path.
They are the signal for fall and so beauriful in the air or on earth.
Geese flying south in the V-pattern is a sure sign that winter will be here before we know it. 🙂
I love the geese and we have a lot of them in southwest Ohio.
They are a beautiful and impressive bird.
Funny, as I read this blog I spotted out my window a huge flock flying by. Going south, wish I could join them.
When I wrote this post, I worried that I was posting it too early in the Fall; but if you’re seeing geese flying south, I must have gotten the date about right.
Every year coming and going Canada Geese would land in our school yard. It was a celebration.
What a fun memory! It’s amazing how geese follow the same path year after year, and apparently even select the same landing spots.
I like the illustration from the book.
It is a fun picture. I liked it, too.