Examples of honking

• At least 10 distinct vocalizations have been identified: snorting, honking, bleating, roaring, squeak-panting, moo-grunting, shrieking, groaning, rumbling and humphing.

• Free jazz and honking sessions rarely get this good.

• They are generally quiet, but they can make a loud honking or screeching sound, which is lower in pitch than the calls of most parrots.

• The honking goose is first heard in the extreme left channel and the noise of its flight slowly panning to the right.

• Males are more vocal than females and can often be heard honking loudly if approached but geese in general talk quietly throughout the day.

• People need to understand that honking so much and that too unnecessarily is harmful and not safe.

• They also make honking noises when they are touched or when they move.

• It also makes a honking sound quite different from the trumpeting of other crane species.