I wish I’d kept a diary
Must be five or six flights of geese a day going overhead now. They make such a hellacious racket. Come to think of it, if there are quiet geese, the could be many more.
I think I remember one other year that was this goosey.
I asked Grok and it told me they were coming from nesting grounds in the far north – Greenland or the arctic – to overwinter in the south of England or Europe. But that’s not the direction they all seem to be flying.
There – a group honked over just then.
They seem to be coming from the south headed northeast. I think. I called up a map, oriented myself on it and tried to figure it out, but it just made me dizzy. I probably have the worst sense of direction of anyone I know.
Handheld GPS was life-changing technology for me.
Posted: October 23rd, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 3
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Comment from durnedyankee
Time: October 23, 2025, 9:09 pm
” I probably have the worst sense of direction of anyone I know.”
If you can’t get lost in your closet, with a flashlight and a map…oh, right, you don’t know Mrs D.
Carry on.
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: October 24, 2025, 1:18 am
It’s no big deal to have a poor sense of direction as long as you don’t GAS if you’re lost.
There are a few danger signs to look out for, though:
— Street signs in Arabic
— You’re on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
— WILDLIFE PRESERVE sign hard to read for the bullet holes
— Passing by a CAUTION THIN ICE sign
Comment from MikeInFairfax
Time: October 24, 2025, 1:28 am
If you’ve got an iPhone, just press and hold the button on the right and say “Open Compass”. Then you can point your phone in the direction the birds are headed and see the true direction.
Dunno what ya got flying ’round, but Duck Duck has this to say about yer Geese:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=geese+migrating+across+southern+england&ia=web
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