Re: Duck, duck - GOOSE

Not a swan because those babies have black beaks too. I'll have to look
up the Snow Goose. It could be a common grey goose..they have orange
beaks and feet. But there aren't any of those around here?????


james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:Snow goose or swan?

On Jun 6, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:

> Well...now I'm not even sure if it is a Canadian Goose. I looked up
> photos of Canadian goslings and they have dark beaks and feet. This one
> has an orange beak and feet. And it's down is white. The down on the
> Canadians was kind of smokey colored. So...now what? I guess I just 
> wait
> to see what it turns into. Such an odd thing to find a rather large 
> baby
> gosling with no clue what it is. We went back to see if there were
> others and we didn't see any. We asked all the neighbors if maybe they
> had some baby geese, possibly one missing and they all said no. It's a
> mystery.
>
>
>
> Barbara Tandy wrote:
> Great story, Jesse! Keep us posted!
> --Barb, Grass Valley, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Bell"
> To: "Gardenchat"
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:34 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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