Re: Canada Goose behavior?

[Patrick Coin <patrick@coinconsult.net>]

>
>What struck me as very odd was many of the Canada Geese there were 
>roughhousing around and many times I saw several geese dive and pop 
>up 20+ foot away. It appeared they were either being chased of 
>chasing, yet some appeared to be bathing as well. Have these geese 
>been around the mergansers and goldeneye too long? Diving geese it 
>was a first for me!!!


I've seen this during territorial squabbles among family groups of 
geese at a lake in Research Triangle Park, NC. They'd fly at another 
group, plunge in, and come up some ways away--quite spectacular. It 
looked aggressive, for sure, but who knows?
-- 
Patrick Coin
Durham, NC
patrick@coinconsult.net