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pathrunner, do you suppose the goose was rejecting her baby or was she expecting you to take care of it? Seems like odd behavior. Do they usually lay eggs hither and yon? I thought they prepared a nest to put them in.
Hi, been away I'm baffled by this as well. I should do a little research about it, I guess. I was away for 5 weeks so the front yard was very quiet (it's where I and my dogs usually hang out). This (goose laying an egg in our front yard) happened only 1-2 days after I got back. So that's odd too. One would think it would happen while I was away.
This makes me wonder what the people across the street do with the eggs. We are not in contact with them (he is extremely antisocial and a germophobe) so I have no idea. Curious though. My favorite YouTube Channel, Gold Shaw Farm, has geese, ducks and chickens (amongst other animals). He is allergic to goose eggs, so he gives them to his livestock guardian dogs
Turkey wandered through the yard, sparrows have returned since winter, lots of white tail deer everywhere. And of course ducks and geese heading toward the Arctic.
I found my back yard garter snake, dead. My dogs would chase it occasionally; one would try to pounce on it with his front feet. I've never seen them so excited, although the snake didn't enjoy it. I don't know if the dogs killed the snake; there were no signs of trauma. Hopefully, it died of old age in its sleep.
Well, I buried the snake. And upon closer examination I noticed a couple of puncture marks on its belly. I think my dog grabbed it like she did the garden hose a few years ago. Either that or a snake fight!
AND there was a frog treading water in the watering can. When I took him out he croaked (literally) twice. Very cute.
The last ten years or so I have lived here, I've had this big magnolia tree in the front of my driveway. The doves love to nest there, the same spot in the tree every year. I parked a little under it for the shade. I could tell the nesting season when there were spots on my car. I'd scare them off, they come back. I'd scare them off. they come back. I have read they will return to the same nesting spot. Well the tree is gone now. A circle of sawdust left over on the now flat ground where the stump was chewed up. Today, I saw 2 doves walking around on that circle of sawdust. I guess thinking, is this the right spot.
I saw something that made me smile yesterday. I've talked about my little shad garden under my computer corner window.
It's partially hidden by a lilac and the more shy birds like to feed there . The cardinal pairs come at least twice a day.
I have an edging of rocks on one side of the garden and every year I plant annual salvias in bright red along there where
I can see them out the window.
Yesterday Mr. Cardinal hopped down from the feeder and approached a salvia. He stood there and cocked his head as if puzzled by this creature which seemed to share his crimson color but wasn't acting very bird-like. Cute.
I found a black widow female decorating her new home on the patio about 3 feet from where I like to do Tai Chi and yoga at night. I'm still sorting out how I feel about this development.
I have had my windows open for a week due to the A/C going out. I was concerned our Yorkie would hear to much outside noise to let us sleep. But she did not until the last night. She woke us up at the foot of the bed barking and growling. My wife said it sounded like a big cat. I figured it was a racoon being I have been seeing their tracks. When I got up to check the Yorkie ran straight to the door, but I would not let her out.
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