# Migration has begun.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805 "2015-03-23T19:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/1 "2015-03-23T19:04:13Z")
I saw and heard a flock of cranes fly over… They sounded like Whooping Cranes ,but I didn’t get a close enough look to be truly sure. It wasn’t a huge flock… No geese yet. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/2 "2015-03-23T19:14:52Z")
There are no ‘flocks’ of Whooping Cranes. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/3 "2015-03-24T03:05:20Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > There are no ‘flocks’ of Whooping Cranes. Gaggle? Flappage? How many flying dinosaurs does it take to make a flock??😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/4 "2015-03-24T05:44:51Z")
Whooping cranes migrate. Last year 266 birds made the trip. I’m calling that a flock. Unless there’s another term for cranes then there is for geese, but I couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/5 "2015-03-24T16:02:30Z")
[twenty thousand cranes migrating](http://www.israel21c.org/israel-in-the-spotlight/20000-cranes-fly-in-to-hula-valley/) and some [pics](https://www.google.co.il/search?q=crane+migration+israel&biw=1314&bih=649&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=NogRVbmFH4fSaO3hgbAB&ved=0CGsQsAQ) Sorry,… these aren’t whooping cranes, they’re common Eurasian cranes. But, hey, there’s a whole bunch of 'em. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/6 "2015-03-24T16:21:57Z")
Lots of sandhills headed north over Sacramento the last couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/7 "2015-03-24T16:34:15Z")
I know spring is on its way when I see Canadian geese returning to the Boston area. Not only are they back, they’re, um, frisky. I saw what can only be described as a goose orgy. I cannot un-see it. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/8 "2015-03-24T18:51:56Z")
Saw a large (20 or more) kettle of Black Vultures catching the updraft and sailing North… The Fall Elm and Live Oak are throwing pollen around with wild abandon… I’m sneezing and wheezing and that’s with allergy pills. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/9 "2015-03-25T15:48:02Z")
We can tell it’s spring around here when the flux of vehicles with Quebec license plates changes from [10 southbound for every 1 northbound] to the opposite. Ditto New Jersey plates. The Migration has truly begun. Off they go, driving North for the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805/10 "2015-03-25T20:14:27Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I know spring is on its way when I see **Canadian geese** returning to the Boston area. > > Not only are they back, they’re, um, frisky. I saw what can only be described as a goose orgy. I cannot un-see it. nit pick: Canada Geese.