Honk, If You Like Geese!

[Meanderer]

Goose Pals

Unlikely pals, Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis) with Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

 

[Meanderer]

Hi Neighbor.......

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

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[PamfromTx]

 

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Tim Loh

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

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[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

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[RadishRose]

 

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[Meanderer]

This past Tuesday, late in the afternoon, I noticed something that seemed odd outside a few fields over! A group of small black dots in the snow.

An icy squaw was in progress, so visibility was nil.
The Binocs brought them closer, showing a group of grounded geese, bedded in the snow. I have never seen this before.

I zoomed in with the camera, and snapped a few....

I went out to move some snow, and as I was coming back inside, I heard them honking as the took off on "runway #1"! Later, over a cup of hot chocolate, I looked out again, aI noticed a single, solitary "black dot" in the snow. It appeared to be a lone goose, who had "finished the race".

 

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[RadishRose]

 

[SetWave]

I do like geese but damn they are the meanest birds alive.

 

[PamfromTx]

The geese weren't mean to us when we'd feed them. Our 2 year old g-daughter (at the time) fed them too.

 

[Meanderer]

Pilgrim geese are one of the calmest and friendliest breeds of geese.

 

[SetWave]

Stand corrected. Now just tell that to the geese I've encountered.

 

[Meanderer]