# Migrating bird project? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 25, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434 "2026-08-25T04:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/phma/32/54376_2.png) [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/1 "2026-08-25T04:50:04Z")
Last week I observed a flock of [geese](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/392864690) going on a trip. Is there a project that tracks migrating birds and could possibly link my observation with others of the same flock? ---
**Author:** ![ritaclare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ritaclare/32/73736_2.png) [@ritaclare](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ritaclare)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/2 "2026-08-25T11:35:18Z")
We have a [US gov-run website](https://reportband.gov) where you can report a banded bird if you see one and are able to record the band number safely. This allows researchers to track individuals during migration. Some birds are equipped by GPS location devices that allows migration tracking in real time. I think it would be very difficult to link your observation to any specific flock or individual, as you haven’t provided anything that would identify this specific group. This is especially true in the US where Canada Geese are extremely common. ---
**Author:** ![ItsMeLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ItsMeLucy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ItsMeLucy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/3 "2026-08-25T12:27:45Z")
Not for you, necessarily Phma, but If anyone in Florida (or elsewhere) ever sees a flamingo with a band, they can report it to [FlamencoLab](https://www.flamencoyucatan.org/) which monitors these. I think you receive a certificate of your sighting (here you do). ---
**Author:** ![earthknight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/earthknight/32/32879_2.png) [@earthknight](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/earthknight)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/4 "2026-08-25T13:06:48Z")
Have you searched for projects? - [https://www.inaturalist.org/search?q=bird%20migration](https://www.inaturalist.org/search?q=bird%20migration) Play around with your search terms in the search window and click the ‘projects’ tab. There are specific projects for migrations, geese, waterfowl, waterfowl migrations (one of the latter is specifically looking for lost/disoriented birds), etc. ---
**Author:** ![ItsMeLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ItsMeLucy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ItsMeLucy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/5 "2026-08-25T13:11:32Z")
Look, there is even one [for Canada Geese specifically](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/canada-geese-global)! I know these are supposed to be quite aggressive birds but they _are_ lovely to look at. (From here, where there are none.) ---
**Author:** ![earthknight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/earthknight/32/32879_2.png) [@earthknight](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/earthknight)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/6 "2026-08-25T13:58:03Z")
I’ve never found them to be anymore aggressive than domestic geese and swans. Often less so. They are much prettier than either in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![upupa-epops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/upupa-epops/32/1972_2.png) [@upupa-epops](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/upupa-epops)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/7 "2026-08-25T14:54:12Z")
I think it’s worth noting that when people encounter aggressive Canada Geese defending nests or young, they are often non-migratory urban breeders who are descended from reintroduced birds who weren’t taught how to migrate: [How Canada geese and their poop became an urban wildlife management challenge | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-geese-control-methods-colorado-nuisance-b3024946.html) The geese we see migrating over in flocks are more likely to have nested in remote wetlands, stopping over in agricultural fields while migrating and generally not interacting with people other than hunters who go out of their way to find them. ---
**Author:** ![fishkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/fishkeeper/32/26930_2.png) [@fishkeeper](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fishkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/8 "2026-08-26T02:54:58Z")
A lot of their “aggressive” behavior is defensive. Our gait looks aggressive to them, with our very upright body and our swinging arms (think a cartoon character doing the “put up yer dukes!” pose before a fight), and they sometimes respond accordingly. Particularly if they have babies to protect. The ones at parks often have experience with kids chasing them around, and they don’t know the kids aren’t trying to eat them, so they have extra reason to think of humans as a threat. That goes for geese in general, not just Canada geese. Mostly they’re responding to a perceived threat. (I did have a feral goose I caught as a kid later walk up behind me and bite me on the rear, which doesn’t strike me as a defensive thing quite so much, but y’know what that’s fair enough.) ---
**Author:** ![ken\_ohio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ken_ohio/32/11607_2.png) [@ken\_ohio](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ken_ohio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/migrating-bird-project/84434/9 "2026-08-26T17:14:39Z")
Are you sure they were migrating? Canada geese move around in flocks. Some migrate. Others don’t.