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The month and year end with a contrast: a goshawk and a goose.<\/p>\n
The goshawk is an opportunistic predator\u00a0that takes\u00a0small mammals and birds often on the edge of forests. Its name means goose hawk, and apparently it will go after\u00a0geese. I\u00a0see a goshawk perhaps once a year.
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A goshawk may be uncommon, but a goose is not. It is so common as to be almost boring — except for one leucistic female. Her lack of a pigmented crown and nape makes her identifiable. She is an individual and clearly deserves a name. How about Lucy<\/em>? It is for leucistic (making her full name, Lucy Goosey<\/em>, chuckle). When seen first in March 2012<\/a>, Lucy already had a mate so she was probably hatched two or three years earlier. She was seen with chicks in June 2014<\/a>. Canada Geese mate for life and can live for two dozen years. As Lucy is now five or six years old, there may be many more years of Lucy watching — as long as she avoids our local goshawk. The month and year end with a contrast: a goshawk and a goose. The goshawk is an opportunistic predator\u00a0that takes\u00a0small mammals and birds often on the edge of forests. Its name means goose hawk, and apparently it will go … Continue reading
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