Baby Geese!

Avery · May 05, 2007, 01:55:08 PM

So on the path to my boyfriend Eric's apartment here at Rutgers, there's this planter, and a goose made a nest there. Mrs Goose has patiently sat there for about a month, while Mister Goose wanders around, hissing at people some days, sitting there looking depressed other days. Now, though, the geese have hatched! I come bearing photos and videos! Photos on Flickr. Video on YouTube.

Photos:

http://flickr.com/photos/kapera/sets/72157600180287626/

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Koorika

They're so cute, they made me melt.

Dana · May 05, 2007, 02:12:04 PM

Adorable :love5: I want to cuddle them

Jane · May 05, 2007, 02:29:40 PM

Lovely things. Is there a pond nearby?

Mikel · May 05, 2007, 03:20:27 PM

Here are part of the flocks that hang around our campus.

These guys are looking in the building next to mine

And here they are outside my window.

Patrick · May 05, 2007, 05:41:07 PM

Aww they are so cute.

Yvonne · May 05, 2007, 06:20:19 PM

Awwww!! I love Canada Geese! They're so cute when they're little and fluffy!

Once, when we were canoieng one May Long Weekend when I was about 13, we found a little gosling that had been swept away from its mum and was swimming valiantly downstream peeping all the way. So we picked him up and I got to cuddle a goose for the next 2 days until he was packed off onto a friend's farm. He grew up thinking he was a turkey until the fall, when he suddenly saw the other geese in the sky and skedaddled south.

Eimi · May 05, 2007, 06:30:18 PM

QuoteHe grew up thinking he was a turkey until the fall, when he suddenly saw the other geese in the sky and skedaddled south.

How very odd... I grew up thinking I was a turkey too..... :happy7:

Jane · May 05, 2007, 08:19:05 PM

Quote from: "Eimi"
QuoteHe grew up thinking he was a turkey until the fall, when he suddenly saw the other geese in the sky and skedaddled south.
How very odd... I grew up thinking I was a turkey too..... :happy7:

Did something happen to change your mind? :laughing5:

Eimi · May 05, 2007, 09:25:15 PM

QuoteDid something happen to change your mind?

Yes, I now believe I am a quail ;)

Yvonne · May 05, 2007, 11:15:40 PM

Quote from: "Eimi"Yes, I now believe I am a quail ;)

... you know, that explains a heck of a lot.

Eimi · May 06, 2007, 12:32:43 AM

Quote... you know, that explains a heck of a lot.

Yes, I am actually the lost member of the Partridge family.

Mikel · May 06, 2007, 07:12:47 AM

Quote from: "Eimi"
Quote... you know, that explains a heck of a lot.

Yes, I am actually the lost member of the Partridge family.

*sings* Come on get happy

Avery · May 06, 2007, 10:49:50 AM

Awwww, Yvonne, that sounds cool! Cuddle one? Sounds lovely!

BTW, when Eric and I came out of the apartment this morning...they were gone :( Mummy and Daddy took them off. I'm sad that I didn't get to spend more time looking at them- only ONE day? Is that even enough time before they're expected to go marching off? *sniff* But I hope they're happy, wherever they are.

Ainsley · May 07, 2007, 02:41:38 PM

They really were adorable. We usually head to the park and river Sunday afternoons, but I don't think we have any baby geese just yet. I did see some ducklings...Although, this early in spring it is not uncommon to get a run of cold weather just yet!

Sorry your little ones moved away so quickly, Avril! :crybaby: