Friday, April 27, 2012

getting goosed

I finally found this years goose nest.  As you can see it is near where the nest I made for them is located.  The nest is on the bank next to the river and merely a depression in the dirt.  This pair must have been too lazy to make a nest in the water out of cattail leaves this season.  There were 2 snapping turtles (with 20" diameter shells) and a muskrat swimming in the river next to the nest location.  Hopefully they either don't like goose eggs or mama goose is a ferocious defender of her young. Since the opposite bank looks directly down on the nest it should be  easy to watch the hatching process this year.

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