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This week what I noticed was all the flocks of baby Canada Geese. They are everywhere & some flocks are much larger than others.
Recently I heard that because parent geese do not feed their young, baby geese from other parents wander into & merge with other flocks. A set of parents may have really only hatched 5 eggs, but their flock may include many more young that originally hatched. Canada Geese mate for life & both parents take turns sitting on the nest to hatch the young. Both parents guide & look out for the young. Adult geese can be quite aggressive when protecting their young.
In this region we are not in any danger of not having enough Canada Geese, so please mind where you walk in the parks.
Very true, no shortage of Canada geese! -Jenn
ReplyDeleteI know many are pushing for an open season on shooting the geese - I'm not for that, I'll support the oiling of the eggs to control the population.
DeleteIt used to be that most of the geese flew by us on their way north, but for many years now we've had flocks of geese as permanent residents. Just a short walk from our house is a senior citizen complex with ponds. You have to watch carefully driving by as the geese like to cross the four-lane street with their young. And, yes, you need to watch where you walk in a variety of places!
ReplyDeleteThe geese in our area have discovered the golf courses as a large source of delicious grass ... I think the players have great issue with this - I've watched a few "dances" being done on the course as I drive by.
DeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeletecute now, but not so cute with the amount of goose poop
DeleteYes, the geese are permanent fixtures. They sometimes bring traffic to a complete halt as the take their time meandering across roadways lol And messy! We do have to watch where we walk in any park that has a lake.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that about goslings taking up with different families. Your photos are so sweet :)
I marvel at how many of them there are & how many dont' go south anymore. Signs are every where to not feed them to encourage the natural migration instinct.
DeleteThat's a proper platoon of geese!! Funnily enough I saw a couple of Canada geese last night with ten little'uns swimming in a line between them. I wondered then whether they could possibly be all one family. On the Isle of Wight I saw some very young Canada goslings with their parents. Little yellow balls of fluff floating on the water! At some point I hope to blog about it. AT SOME POINT!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the baby geese in the yellow fluff stage, I wasn't able to get any photos - I think they are so cute at that stage.
DeleteCute photos. Are these close to your home?
ReplyDeleteAll these & more were taken when we were in the "city" close by to do some shopping. But Canada Geese in the Autumn flock into the farmers field behind us.
DeleteCanada Geese seem to like the parks in West London as well!
ReplyDeleteI think Canada Geese are everywhere - it's like we exported them!
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