October 21, 2010

October, above all else, is about the changing of the seasons. The weather grows colder, the leaves turn and fall from the trees.

And the birds fly south for the winter.

I left work a little early today. Well, a lot early, actually. Couldn't be helped. I had an appointment to keep elsewhere.

But as I was driving out, I saw those birds flying south. They were too far away and I'm not terribly good with bird identification anyway, but I would assume they were Canada geese. They were flying in a V formation.

Anyone know what that's called?

Well, I do. It's called an echelon.

And do you know why one side of the V is sometimes longer than the other?

Wait for it.

Because there are more birds on that side. Duh.