On this exceptionally warm winter day, people and other animals flock to the community gardens. Tune in to children and geese gingerly sharing a pond-side setting. Will this gathering of geese ever find a clear runway for take-off among their many fans?

Get an inside listen to this gaggle at the gardens.

-Lisa B

Interesting:

Why is a group of geese called a gaggle? Expert and author of eleven books about birds, Laura Erickson explains “migrating geese form lines or V’s that reminded someone long ago of a skein of yarn—hence, a group of geese in the sky is called a skein. But when a flock of geese is on the ground, it no longer forms a skein—grounded geese mill around gregariously, forming a gaggle.”

Did you know that geese form partnerships just like humans? According to the World Animal Foundation, “a pair of geese will get together to raise a family and, for the most part, will stay together the rest of their lives (up to 25 years), raising new families each year.”

You go, geese!