• Migration season is October through March.
• Migratory geese flight range can be 2 – 3 thousand miles.
• Migratory geese do not become resident geese unless they are injured. • Resident geese do not know how to migrate.
• Resident geese can fly long distances as their migratory cousins, but generally have learned that it is not necessary.
• Generally, during this time (from end of molt to beginning to mating) resident geese will be "pond hopping" and foraging to find food, water and safety.
• Migratory geese will "pond hop" and forage during this same period until their migration habits take them back north for mating.