Little Gooses

A first for me. A Canada Goose pair flew in here a couple of months ago. She built a nest and they hatched Saturday. I would never have thought she would keep the nest long enough. But I have been working hard on the predators so maybe that helped. Amazing

Awesome!

Watch out for the turles when they go for a swim

Yup...turtles are hard on them....

Neat pics to follow I'm sure....

Very cool

Goslings....Very cute.

Five of them. If I find a turtle has gotten one there will be hell to pay. Turtles better spread the word to leave the little Gooses alone.

That’s cool!! Thanks for posting!!!

Big Bass love them too!

Not gooses. Plural for goose is geese. So, it is geeses...

Baby geese are goslings.

They are my Gooses. I call them like I want. The first time for me to have any here. It is amazing how protective the pair are of the baby Gooses. I get within a couple hundred yards of them and they go into the hiding mode.

Bass is going to be worse than the turtles will be.

keep us posted

I just put 12 6 inch bass in the tank about 4 months ago. I don't believe they are a problem yet. As mean as the big Gooses are they might whip the bass anyway.

Here is the tank they are in.They nested straight across from the pier next to the creek that runs into it.

Pretty neat having them around. Maybe they will come back every year now.

That's pretty neat. She looks like she is on guard in that first photo ready to get something. Thanks for sharing and hope you can continue to get photos and post their progress.

That first pic I agree she might whip your [censored] / maybe she will settle down

Good on you! Enjoy!! To heck with the spelling Police. If they don’t like it, they can ignore the post.

Most of all, thanks for sharing Don...

I like the baby gooses. They hatch every year at Highport Marina. It's interesting watching their different stages of growth. I bet there's a hundred every year out there. And the big gooses will get to watching a group of about 20 baby ones. They look like school teachers for gooses, lol. I'm easily entertained too.

That is really neat Don. Thanks for sharing, you have a nice place, living in New Mexico I envy anyone with water on there place. Hopefully she comes back for years to next, and some of her little ones might come back and nest also.

Future Medium rare dinner with side of horseradish.

Cool picture

Nice looking geeses

Cool pics and story. Keep us posted with how they are doing.

They brought them up from the tank to where I feed a some Transcaspian Urials and a few Ibex to eat left over feed. It is about 200 yards from the tank. Poor little Gooses are getting plenty of exercise.

Mom and Dad are big look like western's. Looks like they still have all the little gooses.

what ever

Lmao

I am amazed at how the parent Gooses protect and also teach the little Gooses. Yesterday I saw them out behind the big tank eating grass. I was on top of the dam and they were below me in the spillway. The big Gooses laid down flat to hide then the little Gooses saw what they did and did the same.

Smart animals for sure. Keep us updated with their progress

Nice!

Very nice

Very neat DonK. You sure have a nice spread. I enjoyed looking at the view as much as the gooses

9 days and all still alive. Amazing

Very kool....

Good deal I like seeing that

Any updates on the little gooses?

The 5 little gooses are still alive and growing.Changing colors and getting feathers. Get a picture just haven't thought about it. Amazing that they have made it this long. The parents really look out for them.

My little Gooses are growing up.

They dang sure are. Thanks for update

That's Great! I was wondering about the little Gooses!

Yep, thanks

Thanks!!

I now have 3 pair of Gooses. Another pair showed up this afternoon.

Made my day with this news!

Even better

They are getting big. Look like their parents just smaller.

Great pics and thread

The Goose is the female. The Gander is the male.

And a bunch of 'em is a gaggle of gooses...….

You got it

dang they grow fast.

That's awesome!

Don thanks for posting and following up with the progress. Your posts like this are among my favorites on the forum. It is amazing how fast those things are growing and it looks like they found a place that has the predators under control.

Growing fast

I have a live trap that I just bait with corn here at the house so I don't catch the cat. I put it out when I saw the goose had a nest. Since then I have caught 14 coons and 2 possums.. Shows how many varmints are running around out there. Also had a turkey hen nest near the tank but the eggs did not hatch. Have not seen any young turkeys this year. Must have been something with the weather. Too hot, cold, wet or dry. Who knows.

Fun pics, thanks for sharing.

This morning. They are coming to eat corn with some Ibex yearlings. I think I saw one of them take a short test flight yesterday.

Awesome how fast they grow. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Don, PM me your address. You are definitely deserving of this sign somewhere on your property!

Man they are big now.

Really had to look to see who the parent was! Thanks for posting!

Our neighborhood littles are hard to differentiate from the parents. They are all grown up now just about. Very cool Don

Still here. Taming down and coming up to eat with the Ibex.

Looks like they might stay a while Don.

Great pics don

Yep. Loved the movie called Fly Away Home.

If that sign said "...Attack Gooses", it would be perfect for Don...

They give the Ibex hell if they get too close to them. This has been very interesting. The young ones are getting tamer than the parents.

Thanks for keeping us updated

Wow, I hadn't been following this. Awesome thread to come across. Neat addition to the spread Don!

We had mallard ducks years ago.

I am impressed that all 5 made it.

They fly around some now. Getting pretty tame. Come up to around 15 ft. from me when feeding. Also now have some Black Belly Whistlers that have hatched on that same tank.

They are getting big. Thanks for Keeping us updated

The Gooses got some company. Had about 10 little Black Belly Whistlers hatched. A first for this also.

Yea! They all made it. I was wondering about those gooses

I hope they stick around......very nice to see them around a tank.