Re: Duck, duck - GOOSE

My vote:  Canada!
--Barb, Grass Valley CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Duck, duck - GOOSE


> Since you think he/she was left behind, how about Terry as a pun (tary).
> gender neutral too in case he is a she.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Duck, duck - GOOSE
>
>
> > Well, it is nice to be able to help critters. We had a long hair, black,
> > male kitten show up in our garage the other day. It's "ours" now. It was
> > only around 8 weeks old. No other cats or kittens around. Just him. How
> > does that happen? We are out in the country off of a major highway?
> > Weird.
> >
> > No, I haven't name the goose yet. I'm open for any ideas??? Gardenchat -
> > NAME THAT GOOSE! I am running out of animal names, LOL, we have so many!
> >
> >
> >
> > Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> > Jesse,
> > I would love to have your situation. Being able to take in animals that
> > need help. Have you named him yet?
> >
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > To: "Gardenchat"
> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:34 AM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Duck, duck - GOOSE
> >
> >
> > > When I woke up yesterday, my DH wanted me to come and see what he had
> > > done that morning. We bought 7 acres across the road and it was WAY
> > > overgrown. He had been brushogging it for the last week but he cleared
> > > away from the two ponds down there and it looked really NICE! So I
> > > hopped on the tractor with him to see what he had done. While we were
> > > driving around the ponds we saw a "duck" waddling really fast towards
> > > us, then it jumped in the pond to swim after us. I looked at him and
> > > said, "what the heck, is that one of OUR ducks that flew over here?"
He
> > > said no, it was too white. Hmmm. So we went back to our tractoring,
> > > spotted a cotten mouth snake, shot it and the "duck" was no where to
be
> > > seen. I guess the gun startled it. A few minutes later..I look behind
us
> > > and this "duck" is running, frantically after us over the pond dam. I
> > > told Robert is was chasing us down. He didn't believe me. When we
turned
> > > around he was running after us AGAIN. I said "stop, right now and find
> > >
> > > out what is wrong with this poor thing". We had a heck of a time
> > > catching it. The "duck" turns out to be a wild goose. It's a baby,
with
> > > just a few pin feathers on it and all downy. He was soaking wet from
the
> > > swim and shaking. So...we took him home and fed him, bought him a
kiddy
> > > swimming pool and watched him half the day. He follows me all OVER the
> > > place...he even walked in the HOUSE to keep up with me. It is the
> > > sweetest baby I've ever seen. It must have been abandoned or
something.
> > > Every year we see a pair of Canadian geese over there with a nest on
the
> > > little island in the pond. Must be one of those babies that got left
> > > behind. I just love it.
> > >
> > >
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