Geese are social animals and have interesting interactions with each other but few people seem to notice the complexity of their brown little lives. I hunt geese, usually canadas, and it might be interesting to note that geese "talk" to each other much like other birds, and what the geese are saying can be distinguished by listening to their calls.
Everyone who ever saw a canada goose in flight knows their flight call- 'her-onk... Her-onk... Her-onk". They also have an assembly call when waking up in the morning.- 'ipe ipe her-onk gab" the assembled flock then gives take off instructions- Honk,her-onk onk-onk-onk!' Their landing instruction is similar to the assembly call- 'her-onk-onk, her-onk, ipe, ipe, ipe,"
Then you got the call the hunter just don't want to hear. I don't think I can spell it phonetically. It's kind of a soft gurgling grunt. Makes my stomach turn just thinking about it. It means "hold formation, prepare for evasive action and incoming fire".
Migrating canadas are very interesting to me. Half the shots I get I pass up. I just love watching wild geese. I got little to no love for the practically tame goose and goslings that crap on my dock all summer long.