February has arrived, a month whose name goes back to Roman civilization. Back then they celebrated a festival of spirituality called Februa, so they called this time period Februarius. And eventually ...

Future “Nature Matters” columns will focus on the smallest and largest waterfowl species — ducks and swans; this column is devoted to the middle-sized birds — geese.

Snow geese don't really honk like Canada geese. They emit a loud but punctuated yell that sounds like a castrato shouting the word, 'Ha!' This bird was calling over and over again, and the cacophony ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Of our native geese, the Snow Geese create ...

What's new at this year's Sacramento Valley Snow Goose Festival Which birding field trips and hikes are closest to Shasta County Why wintering snow geese are a big deal for rice farmers and ...

Not long ago, during winter season you’d only need to travel 40 miles west of downtown Houston to the Katy Prairie to see great clouds of snow geese stretching spectacularly across the skies before ...