Never a dull moment around
Bon Bon Pond. On Sunday afternoon, I
peered out my office window and, much to my amazement, spotted a Canada Goose
walking thru the front yard. He approached
the retaining wall and stopped for several moments, appearing indecisive. Finally, he jumped off the ledge and landed
with a thump in the backyard below. “What
in the world?”I’m thinking. Then, the picture became clear as a second
goose appeared on the scene. It didn’t
take long for me to figure out that the second gander was on a mission to chase
out the first unfortunate fellow.
After ten to fifteen minutes
of stalking, gander number two pounced on gander number one, biting him in the derrière
and dislodging a fistful of feathers in the process. Poor number one pulled away only to be
attacked again. This time, when he
gained his freedom he made a mad dash for the open pasture. Hoping, I imagine,
to get lost in the weeds. Not to be
out-foxed, crabby and crafty number two flew up on the roof of the barn to get
a better look. He stayed up there for
nearly half an hour, eyes peeled on poor number one. As I had anticipated, poor number one was
attempting to backtrack and work his way toward the pond. Why he just didn’t fly back to the water I
will never know. ??? Perhaps he thought he could move more stealthily by webbed
foot. The poor fellow finally made it
back to the pond where the stalking resumed.
A part of me wanted to
intercede but I know better than to get involved with inborn battles. Number one and his mate appeared briefly
yesterday morning to grab some corn before being chased away by crabby number
two. Poor babes, I wish them the best.
WOW! I would love to look out my window and not only see a Canada Goose, BUT on the roof?!? WOW! Very Cool!!
ReplyDeleteHi chandel314! Yeah, it's a stitch, isn't it! My wildlife constantly keep me entertained. This is certainly the most interesting occurrence since last summer when Buddy the woodchuck took off after a raccoon and rolled him all the way down the hill till he splashed into the water. The last I saw of that poor raccoon was him hightailing it along the shoreline. I Googled woodchuck vs raccoon but nothing really popped. I had no idea the species hated each other so much. I learn something new nearly everyday from the animals.
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