Honkers in a big V

Usage examples of geese.

If Andrea and Lauren had been walking home together, they would have tried to count the geese before the V-shaped flock flew out of sight.

On the far side of the pond ducks and geese floated through the reflections of trees.

The geese were paddling along the edge of the water, dipping their long black necks beneath the surface.

Then Andrea saw the geese paddling toward her, doubling up their necks every few seconds.

She looked for the family with the goslings - that must be the five geese swimming apart from the others.

Now the goslings were young geese just like their mother and father, only smaller.

As the geese neared Andrea, one of the other adults swam too close to the family.

The last time she had visited the bird sanctuary, she had brought a bag of bread crusts for the geese and ducks.

The young geese tried to swim closer to her, but the parents shoved them back, giving warning honks.

Finally the geese glided away along the edge of the pond, leaving crisscrossing ripples in the yellow reflection of the birch trees.

Then she saw a long line of Canada geese, necks outstretched and wings flapping hard, skim the tops of the trees.

As you leave the sanctuary, you might note the waterfowl on the pond - the larger Canada geese with the black heads and white cheek patches, and the smaller mallard ducks .

She thought of the geese paddling around the pond with short, powerful strokes.

The letters were printed over a photograph of a V-shaped flock of geese high above a marsh.

There was a map of North America with two lines of little geese flying from north to south.