A Carpet of Geese

It is early - 7:00 am. I want to be to work ahead of time to take care of a few things. Elmgrove Avenue is already busy, especially around the 531 entrance. I crest the hill, and glance to the right. It looks like someone rolled a dark carpet out over the grass by the industrial park. I look closer. The carpet is moving!

Then I realize the lawn is literally covered with geese waddling about, preening and sniffing. They make no honking noise. I hear no sound at all, even with my window open. A car honks, but the geese pay no attention. No one flutters about anxiously. No one seems to be eating or digging in the grass. They are just milling about like a crowd gathering for a parade. The next lawn area is also filled with geese. I have never seen so many in one place. Each successive lawn area is graced by the big birds, though the numbers begin to thin out.

And then I am past the space and back to morning traffic. What was that all about? Big migration south? I guess winter must truly be on its way if this huge family is passing through Rochester. I check the rearview mirror to see if they have taken flight, but nary a bird appears. Sure wish I could be there when they take to the air!