Our latest sighting involves the ever present Canada Geese, but it was their behaviour that I thought was interesting. On the afternoon of May 17th, we had two Canada Geese families grazing in our riverside “meadow”. One pair had just three goslings, but then a second pair came up with eight in tow. The two groups kept apart but with no posturing, just pasturing! It has been several years since we’ve had geese dining on our back area, and on that occasion there were three families. They arrived together and left together, but while on land, just as yesterday, each family maintained their distance, and there was no interaction between the groups.
Stephenie Armstrong, Warsaw
Canada Geese with goslings – D. Monkman
