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Canada geese travel thousands of miles in rigid formations

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Known primarily as aggressive park menaces, these incredibly loud birds band together to terrorize the skies. They fly relentlessly toward better breeding grounds while mercilessly honking at anything that dares cross their flight path.

Canada geese travel thousands of miles in rigid formations
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