Re: Goose patrol!

Jackie wrote:
Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 + wrote:
Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 + wrote:
~~seadancer~~ wrote:

Amazing to see the 8 eggs in the nest.
I thought there were 9 eggs Sea.

Hope they'll be OK.
I'll endeavour to keep you posted with any furthe happenings..

Just been to have another peek. When I arrived some middleaged
farmer guy was just climbing up the bank from under the bridge,
behind which they have located their nests. He got into a 4 x 4 and
drove away. I then had a look for the geese. They were all on the
river at the opposite side of the bridge from the nests. After I'd
fed them I crossed to the other side of the bridge. I photographed
the nearest nest - the one that had 9 eggs on Friday:
http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/goosewatchd020506.jpg
I could only see 3 eggs
Here's the Friday photo
http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/goosewatchc300406.jpg

The other nest I couldn't see into last week was unoccupied aqnd I
could see 3 eggs in that one too. Summat is obviously going on. By the
time I left both nests had geese sitting on them again. Perhaps geese
can't count after all.

I hope nobody is taking those eggs FN and perhaps selling them??

I was wondering if it's the farmer - trying to make sure the geese can cope
with the number of goslings that eventually hatch. I think 12 would have
been more than a few beak and wings-full, don't you?
--
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FN 2°°5 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland


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