Canadian Geese

Love, love, love!


Our geese are back for the third year. Its such a pleasure
to watch the two of them. They've taken over the pond,
the male won't let anything get in the water for less than
a minute and then its feathers flying everywhere! She has
a nest under the oak tree...sits most of the day. The male
sits under a tree directly across from her and watches
everything.

This is the nest, its hard to tell how many eggs she has,

but I could see one for sure. Someone told me they can

have 2 to 3 eggs. I'm hoping they survive this year. The

first year nothing happened. Second year there was one,

but I only saw it once and it was gone. This year we have

a hawk that hangs out...I didn't even put out the bird

feeders, cause that would be too much like a buffet for the

hawk! Then there are the raccoons, a fox, a skunk, and an

owl to get past. Oh, and a snapping turtle or two. (We do try to

get them out of the pond...I'd be really po'd if it got my dog).

How sad is that?