Some good news is in order I think.
Two goslings, rescued by friends of mine on their place up in Canada, turned out to be Canadian Geese. They were promptly delivered to the local Wildlife Rescue Center and now, some weeks later, were released back into the wild, and successfully adopted into their new family.
Oh look at them! That's fantastic. Such a great picture, too.
ReplyDeleteI had a crow acting oddly in my back yard this week, and I thought maybe he was hurt and I'd have to find somebody for him, but I think maybe it was just the heat. It's so much cooler her today, though, in the 50's (F) instead of high 70's. All the fans are off!
Always glad to see happy families. The geese have been flying over and honking at my house lately, always a welcome sound of summer.
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing the adult geese saying to themselves "I could have sworn there were only five...oh well, no matter..." Your friend takes a wonderful picture.
ReplyDeleteJust lovely! My late uncle, who was a brilliant bird photographer, would be very impressed with these pics!
ReplyDeleteJust a Canadian popping in to point out they're Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI live in Canada Goose central. Wascana Lake, in Regina, SK, has probably the largest population of Canada Geese in the world. Some only stop over on their way farther north. Others are here all spring, summer, and autumn. Many live here all year long.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine was living with me while she finished university here. On the way to her convocation, she insisted we stop and take pictures of all the goslings - herds of cute, she called them. Wound up using up enough of the camera battery that we couldn't take all the pictures we wanted once we got to her convocation.
The vast majority of English speaking people call the goose a Canadian Goose. However, its original name was a Canada Goose. Remember, the official name for any bird is its Latin name. So the “real” name for this creature is Branta canadensis. As long as they are looked after now that is what counts. And...after rescuing them I actually called them Gus and Gladys. : )
ReplyDeleteBeth Edwards, Canada
Thank God there are still some places where there are no people.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos and definitely a feel-good story in these turbulent times.
ReplyDeleteI love this. I live in an area where you can throw a stone and it will land in some lake so we have lots of Canada geese. We had a unique thing happen last spring where a pair of Sandhill Cranes adopted a baby Canada gosling. It was so adorable. We were all hoping the gosling would reach maturity but alas, something happened to it and it did die. It was terrible. Our local photographer had gotten the first pictures. The news took the last. While the geese are considered a 'nuisance' bird here, most of those who think that way belong to the DNR. None of the rest of us do.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the sweet geese. It helps in a world gone mad.
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine Mother Goose doing her head count and thinking, I could have sworn we only had 5!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. No, not Canada Geese.
ReplyDeleteThey are not what can lift my gloom today. The strip mall that held my favorite Vietnamese restaurant was burned down last night. Half a mile from my home.
I spent a part of the day trying to help them dig through the rubble. Their family treasures where in that place.
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to cull those birds. They are the cockroaches and coyotes of the avian world. They have adapted to living with people, urban environments. Their population has grown exponentially since they settled in with people as park pets.
Even worse than the trouble they cause farmers, who spend thousands per year to try an make them go away, is their shit. I have never met anything as nasty as goose shit.
Maybe applauding those who did the last Flash fiction contest could lift my gloom, so, applause to you. Some good Kim chi would also help.
What a beautiful photograph!
ReplyDeleteCanada geese and many species of wild ducks adopt the young of others easily. I've seen two families of mergansers, each with eight or ten ducklings, pass each other. The ducklings can get mixed up and follow the wrong parents so that one family ends up with several more and the other with several fewer.
Canada geese can be a nuisance when they become too plentiful, but I have a soft spot for them. I love hearing them fly over, honking joyously.