| Summary: | Originally published in Glot International 2, 9-10, page 8-9, December 1996 [1997].A large flock of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) is making its yearly autumn migrationfrom the Canadian prairies to California. Viewers on the ground can hear them honking awaygarrulously as they fly in their famous V-shaped wedge. What do they talk about on their long trips?The geese aim for a new topic every year, though in practice they tend to return to the same smallnumber of basic ideas that have been mulled over by generations of geese before them. This year,they are debating, again, the mysteries of migration, under the Topic of the Year, “RethinkingInnateness”.
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