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Travel Bug Dog Tag Travellers - Greylag Goose (Travel Bug Dog Tag)

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Released:
Friday, December 20, 2013
Origin:
Brandenburg, Germany
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Greylag Goose

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Please help me to retrace the route of the migrating greylag goose. Bring it to the north of Africa, not crossing the equator, and then back up again to northern Germany or southern Finland!

Bitte helft mir, die Zugroute der Graugans nachzuvollziehen! Schickt sie nach Nordafrika und von dort dann wieder zurück nach Norddeutschland oder Südfinnland!

One of the most common migrating birds of Europe, the greylag goose doesn't always fly south. If the weather stays warm enough, they may even remain at their breeding places over winter. If they do migrate they gather in big swarms and fly in the v-formation typical for so many migrating birds. Their way leads them from northern or central Europe south towards the north of Africa, often Tunisia or Algeria. Their name greylag goose comes from the fact that they supposedly tend to be the last migrating birds to leave for the south, therefore "lagging behind" the others, or so Wikipedia tells me. 

 

Eine der häufigsten Gänsearten Deutschlands, die Graugänse, fliegen nicht immer unbedingt nach Süden. Wenn es warm genug bleibt, überwintern sie manchmal auch in ihren Brutgebieten. Wenn sie aber doch ziehen, dann sammeln sie sich in großen Schwärmen und fliegen dann in der für Zugvögel so typischen V-Formation. Ihre Route führt sie meist von Nord- oder Mitteleuropa nach Nordafrika, zum Beispiel Algerien oder Tunesien. 

 

About This Item

Travellers

You seek the distance 
seek to roam 

Windwhisperer 
Cloudcompanion 
Journeywing 

Fly safely 
until your return 
in spring

 

I grew up in northern Germany, where each year spring and autumn would be marked by the cries of the returning or leaving migrating birds like the greylag goose or the common crane. I have always loved them and the strange melancholy of the journeys they and so many other migrating birds make each year. For me they represent the yearning for another, far-away place, but at the same time a deep-seated desire to always, always return home.

With this project I want to send off different migrating birds and try to retrace their approximate routes with the help of other geocachers!

 

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Tracking History (1469.8mi) View Map

Dropped Off 3/9/2014 CSI-Sunnehügel placed it in Remember Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland - 17.32 miles  Visit Log

Abgelegt in Remember (GC4VRA0)

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/3/2014 CSI-Sunnehügel retrieved it from St. Michael Vorarlberg, Austria   Visit Log

Weiter geht die Reise mit den CSI's

Dropped Off 3/3/2014 4Peanuts placed it in St. Michael Vorarlberg, Austria - 444.45 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/27/2014 4Peanuts retrieved it from Eddi's First Brandenburg, Germany   Visit Log

und weiter gehts

Dropped Off 2/24/2014 Compubaer placed it in Eddi's First Brandenburg, Germany - 60.38 miles  Visit Log
  • Zwischenlandung Mal sehen, wie lange sich die Graugans hier erholt.
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/22/2014 Compubaer retrieved it from TB Hotel "Zum ganz großen Durst" Brandenburg, Germany   Visit Log

Wir nehmen die Graugans ein Stück mit.

Discovered It 2/20/2014 poppyline discovered it   Visit Log

Im TB Hotel "Zum ganz großen Durst" als Gast gesichtet.

Discovered It 2/8/2014 die frechen2 discovered it   Visit Log

Heute im Cache "TB Hotel zum großen Durst" gesehen.

Dropped Off 2/7/2014 Moana1704 placed it in TB Hotel "Zum ganz großen Durst" Brandenburg, Germany - 9.74 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/7/2014 Moana1704 took it to Little Nessie Brandenburg, Germany - 2.19 miles  Visit Log
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