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[Puff]

Oh, Hi Nora Long time no hear from you, even longer since seeing you.

I followed along earlier with today's events.  Now waiting for ground reports/updates.  One is missing in action again.  Hope it's working things out.
Maybe be nice to hear any official reports from those stationed around the hatchery area.

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[Puff]

Cam just showed MG/FG/5 goslings - more importantly there were big clodhopper footprints in the muddy soil at the water's edge.  They looked fresh and muddy.  Someone must be patrolling looking for proof/evidence of missing child.

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[STLbf]

Goslings all on the ground and alive. The Decorah chat banner says the one of the goslings has a leg issue and is with Dr Laura (vet), and the other 5 are safe and sound with Mother and Father Goose in the creek area under N2B.

At 11:00 a goose was on the nest murmuring and poking gently around.  Last year, did we learn that the parents know how many eggs/goslings?  If that's true, this goose is likely looking for the missing one.

I think they stay "isolated" for a short while before joining the other geese in the area. 

Couple pics to share, then I'll check the rewind and videos.

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Pics from the rewind.  Every frame is worth a pic, but that would be a video!

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Great view of MG flying away from the nest, from the ground camera.  But TWO geese flew away, maybe the other was Father Goose, but more likely I think an auntie.  In one of the ground views, you can see a wide metal collar around the trunk of the N2B tree, to keep raccoons and snakes from reaching the nest.

Jumping from the nest all within about 10 minutes.

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Last three to go . . .  Amazing, all six jumped from the nest in about 10 - 15 minutes.  I think it took much longer last year.

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Pics of the family on the ground and in the water.  Five goslings and one at the vet.  And a goose who was checking the nest for the "missing" gosling -- could have been a parent, or an auntie goose.

[Puff]

STLbf  You're right on about the quicker time this year-last two last year took forever.

Also saw the 3 adult geese at the one time.  My thought was that MG and FG were with the little ones - and that the third in the nest was maybe nest shopping for a new pair who are late in getting started?

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[STLbf]

Puff, that's a good idea about a goose nest-shopping.  We'll see in coming days if the camera stays on at N2B.

It's great to have watched this year's goose reproduction and to have all 6 hatch and survive the leap is pretty remarkable.  Hope they all grow to adulthood.  But I wonder if the parents will accept #6 when it can be released.  Guess we will hear from RRP about that.

OK, back to the eagles at N1.  And the turkey vultures in Marshall MO.  And the Peregrines at GSB and MSU.  And the grackles at DNN, and the North eagles.

[Puff]

Maybe not back to N1? 

Pair checking out - or - back on N2B?
Are MG and FG thinking about another brood OR is it a new pair?  Replay to about 7:15 nest time.

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[Phyl]

Thanks Puff/STLbf I was thinking the same about a new family moving in N2B. Especially acceptance of #6 when rehab is over.

[Phyl]

Decorah Goose Cam

From Chat:

SgtPepper (Michelle Pepper)

10 minutes ago
Hiya Chuck. This is a new pair checking out the nest.

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Chat says its a new pair and I agree, then I looked it up.  Canada Geese raise only one brood each year (bird book). The goslings stay with the parents for weeks and learn to feed, etc.

These two look just like a couple inspecting the real estate for their first home!  Geese are VERY vocal.

[Puff]

Chat says its a new pair and I agree, then I looked it up.  Canada Geese raise only one brood each year (bird book). The goslings stay with the parents for weeks and learn to feed, etc.

These two look just like a couple inspecting the real estate for their first home!  Geese are VERY vocal.

Geese are very LOUD vocal STL.  I also noted how the abandoned feathers were being utilized.  No bare spots or yanking pains.

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Geese still puttering around at N2B. Looks weird to me for a goose to be standing on the Skywalk, let alone the nest!  But it's a safer nest than one on the ground.

Sad news that gosling #6 didn't live. Amy has a blog explaining its injury during the jump.