The geese

My new friends...3/31/12

It's surprising that growing up on a farm and having lived a good share of my life rurally, that I never had the chance to watch any geese, except those honking-through over head. This year, in the last month, that changed with a pair of geese that decided they liked the field behind my house to feed.


Like clockwork, they showed up twice daily, once about 8 a.m. and then again about 5 p.m. They always landed in the middle of the field...so I really had to push my camera to the limit to get photos of them.

3/31/12

3/31/12

3/31/12

3/31/12

It was really hard to catch them both in the same photo...they like to wander apart yet not too far from each other.

3/31/12

3/31/12

3/31/12

I have no idea which is which as far as the gender, but I have pretty much figured out the the one that 'talks' the most is likely the male. (LOL)

4/6/12

4/6/12

Here...one adventured closer to the yard...4/6/12

As you can see...I was able to get many photos of the pair. I tried to get them in various stances, coming and going as well as eating.

4/7/12

This one was getting noisy because I started into
the field to get a better photo!  4/8/12

They are a pretty bird, even if in some places they are a nuisance. There is a swamp across the road and behind a brush lot where a big flock pretty much lives there year around, but these are the only two that venture to the field. Curious.

4/10/12

4/10/12

4/10/12

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4/10/12

This one is being mouthy...again!  4/10/12

The 10th was the last day that I saw them, and I started to get worried that something happened to them. Every now and then, I hear shots being fired, but beyond the swamp is a shooting range...and you never know whether it's someone practicing or actually 'hunting'.


Yesterday...finally...I heard the familiar honking and was able to see one land in the field...but it was alone. For several minutes, it seemed to call and call...but no others responded or came. 

4/15/12

4/15/12

I felt so bad for this one...I have no idea if the other is sitting on a nest...or...something did happen to it. I am hoping that maybe they will both come back...time will tell. 


Who knows...maybe the entire family will come for a picnic in the field! I'd love to see their babies!


Anyways, thanks for stopping by!