Gosling expectations

4 Responses to Gosling expectations

1. Bill Baerg says:

   May 30, 2012 at 9:58 am

   And golf courses ! Without the desire to have them embellish the Dinner Table, their numbers have exploded into a nuisance in many ways and even to themselves. A typical adult eats abut 4 lbs of grass per day and leaves about 2 lbs of excrement ;(
   • Alistair says:

     May 30, 2012 at 3:42 pm

     Bill, Sigh…, this goose is truly an avis non grata. I have tried all manner of discouragements, but in the end the only thing that works is to be deliberately hurtful to this family-minded species. Effect missiles are, “your mother was a merganser,” and the stridently calumnious, “your gosling is a passerine.”
2. Borgie says:

   May 30, 2012 at 12:28 pm

   Yesterday, as my dog and I were sitting on a rock beside the lake, a coyote trotted past about 30′ in front of us, with a goose hanging out of both sides of it’s mouth!! It stopped when it saw us. I could see the thought form in its head “Leave the goose and get the dog or be satisfied with what I have already.” Fortunately for my dog, it chose to keep the goose and then it continued its trot towards the woods. I’m going to make signs pointing the coyotes in the direction of our local pastures, yards, ball field and golf course. Maybe they could make a dent in the goose population which has invaded ‘our territory’ greatly in the past 8-9 years! Hard to believe they were once as cute as those depicted in your photograph.
   • Alistair says:

     May 30, 2012 at 3:45 pm

     Borgie, that is a wonderful sighting and story. If you would like to set up a hire-a-coyote programme, I would quickly become a customer.

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