Here in Newton, Massachusetts, we have geese that have gotten quite lazy over the years. They tend to spend their summers on or near a small pond on the North side of State Route 30. Then, late each fall they begin practicing short flights getting ready for their Fall Migration. Then, one day, they all take off making a great hullaballou about it, form a great V-formation, and fly across route 30 to the small pond on the South side for the winter.
Then, of course, next Spring...