Re: Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)

Oh Kitty, I hope that Seamus is O.K. That worries me too. And it is
ALWAYS busy at my place...no matter what time of year. I DID get some
photos of Peeper and the Mother duck with her babies tonight. I'm trying
to download them so that I can share them online...but I'm getting
frustrated. Maybe by tomorrow I will have them ready! She actually
hissed at me when I got too close to take pictures. Imagine that.

  

Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
  Thanks for the update Jesse. I hope Pops is around somewhere. It always 
worries me when I see a very noticeable behavior change in an animal. My 
Seamus is acting strange, we'll see the vet on the 13th. It sounds like it 
will be a lively summer at your place this year with all these babies.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)


>I will Jim. I am a little concerned that I haven't seen her mate. Geese
> are supposed to mate for life...but I have not seen him around. The
> Canadian geese across the road (on our 7 acres) are BOTH hovering around
> the nest on the island. Every morning I see them swimming together. But
> I have not seen him. Maybe he is just keeping to himself till the babies
> are born...she was a little grouchy with him at the beginning of her
> nesting. I just don't know.
>
>
>
> james singer wrote:
> Cool. I think animal behavior is about the most interesting of all
> things. Keep sending reports. Please.
>
> On May 3, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
>> Well, the grey duck that was nesting in the stall with Peepers had her
>> babies Sunday. She had five ducklings. Peeper must want some babies
>> really, really BAD because now she is "helping" with those babies. She
>> is still sitting on her eggs (and according to the books, a goose sits
>> on them for 25-30 days, she has maybe a week or so to go) and still
>> does
>> NOT want anybody around her nest...BUT...when she isn't sitting on
>> them,
>> she is "mothering" those baby ducklings and I just think it is so
>> sweet.
>> And the mother duck lets her. If the German Shepherds come too close to
>> the babies, Peepers goes after them. I sure hope she has some babies
>> because her heart is in the right place. And I haven't seen the Mr. in
>> almost two weeks. I don't even see him on the pond. I wonder where he
>> went?
>>
>>
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> Island Jim
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