Canada Geese flying at night in a snowstorm (1 Viewer)

[LeadLenses]

Hello all, I am usually over on the optics forums of Birdforum, but I experienced weird bird behavior and figured I would ask here.
I spent the day at a ski resort here in Pennsylvania and I heard a huge flock of geese flying above, with fleeting views of the V formation due to the falling snow. Hours later as I was packing up (7 pm), those Canada Geese were still flying around and honking in the snowstorm. Thinking this is odd behavior, I attempted to look it up, but found nothing. My best guess is they were trying to stay warm, as it was about 17* F.
So, am I off the mark? I see there is another recent post about Canada Geese. Maybe there is no explaining their weird behavior. Why do you think a huge flock of Canada Geese were flying at night as a mild snowstorm was passing through?

 

[gcole]

Hello all, I am usually over on the optics forums of Birdforum, but I experienced weird bird behavior and figured I would ask here.
I spent the day at a ski resort here in Pennsylvania and I heard a huge flock of geese flying above, with fleeting views of the V formation due to the falling snow. Hours later as I was packing up (7 pm), those Canada Geese were still flying around and honking in the snowstorm. Thinking this is odd behavior, I attempted to look it up, but found nothing. My best guess is they were trying to stay warm, as it was about 17* F.
So, am I off the mark? I see there is another recent post about Canada Geese. Maybe there is no explaining their weird behavior. Why do you think a huge flock of Canada Geese were flying at night as a mild snowstorm was passing through?

In my life time, I have never seen flying Geese in such cold weather when I lived in the central part or when I lived in the northernmost part of upstate New York(Adirondacks). It does seem very odd ?

 

[S_Man]

I don't know many birds that migrate in January, but otoh other species of geese fly over the Himalaya twice a year, so this might be business as usual for these...

Birds usually don't fear cold, as long as they have food or enough reserves.