Canada geese are 2X-3X as big and necks twice as long as those on as scaup. The first birds you saw were likely scaup. Scaup are probably not big enough to break thin ice to make a path for swimming. It would take a larger heftier bird such as Canada geese to be ice breakers. You probably have a pair of adventuresome clever geese to figure out the can break thin ice to extra room to swim.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/24/15 09:20 AM.
