• Thursday-What'sUP June 25 - 08:01 am

Robert C. Wetton recently had some visitors, a whole gaggle of them. That's quite a little family there on his beach and I would think when they're this big, the chances of them making it to adulthood are pretty good. Anyone have an idea of how long they stay with the parents? My other question pertains to RCW's second photo, which shows his beach (bare of the geese), as dusk settles onto the scene. So where do geese and their chicks, like this family, go at this time of the evening?

I have been told that at night geese, ducks, and other water fowl find quiet coves, bays, etc. where they sleep, remaining in the water.

I thought they slept on goose down. :)

I thought they slept on goose down beds. :) This is a recording.

We've been in our home for 23 years and every year a pair of Canada geese come to our pond. Not sure how long geese live and if it's the same pair or their offspring. I've heard tell that the 'kids' will return to the place where they were hatched when time comes for them to mate. It's always fun to watch them after the goslings get big enough to 'travel' and the parents try to lead them away.....on foot! Oh the simple pleasures that God gives us!:)

Geese mate for life. young geese must be taught to
fly, etc. Interesting to watch them learning to fly as they must "taxi" a long distance and then stop and try it again. Parents leading them.

Geese mate for life. young geese must be taught to
fly, etc. Interesting to watch them learning to fly as they must "taxi" a long distance and then stop and try it again. Parents leading them.

Oops, 2x ?????

Take a gander at that long neck. I'm geesing that they must duck alot.

Remember to vote. Marquette has a lot of catching up to do and sits just ahead of Denison City Pound.

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A goose couple had a single off spring on the flat roof of the one story industrial building next to where I work. After a few days of foraging on this gravel roof they must have pushed the little guy off. The next place I saw it was on the ground. No easy way down. I wonder if it was a gentle nudge or a punt that that pushed it over the edge? Or maybe the little one stepped off voluntarily. Any guesses?

Rowdy, I'd say it was a "touch down".

Good pics. We have Canada Geese where I live, 2.

Hi
We had some urban geese one year at our office building downstate. Unfortunately they chose to nest close to the driveway, and the gander attacked cars. We did what we could to avoid him---we were trying to look up non-violent ways to deal with the problem on the internet---but a dead goose was found farther away, on the main road, one day. The attacks on our vehicles stopped after that.

I found this on the internet about Canada Geese:

"Once the goslings hatch, both their parents raise them. The family
spends all of its time together. Goslings usually stay with their
parents for a full year after they hatch."

Alex, you've got me laughing to tears! LOVE your humorous comments always!

On a recent road trip...we watched a gaggle of geese....Mom (or was it Dad?) in the front, all the babies, and then Mom (or was it Dad) brought up the rear...and yeah..they stuck together tight!

I thought "too darn bad HUMAN families can't get THAT part!" (yes...I realize many do...but there are way too many that can't)...

You're right, Donna, folks can learn a lot from God's non-human creatures!