Hi -- Around dawn earlier this week in the Franklin Farm par of Herndon
(Ffx Co), I heard a flock of Canada Geese honking in the distance. I
looked up at the flock and was surprised to see that half of the flock's
"V" was made up of Canada Geese (about 15), but the other half of the V
was made up a some type of gull. (It was pretty distant and I'm not the
best gull IDer, so I'm not sure what they were exactly.) There were
about 40 of the gulls -- about 25-30 made up the second side of the V,
the rest were just randomly along for the ride.
I've been birding about 8+ years and this was the first time I had seen
two different species coordinating to create a single flight formation.
Anyone out there have any experience with something like this?
Matt Bender
