Goose nest

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The same here about the abundance of wildlife. I have been seeing Bobcats in the area. We have not had those around here for decades. The DDT the farmers use to use on their fields just about done in the raptor type birds. We see eagles occasionally, there is a fairly good population in this area, espeacially around the Wabash river.
When I was a kid there was a man who had several White Tail deer that he kept in a 12' fence enclosure. People would drive from miles around to look at these deer. The times have changed, they claim we have more wildlife now than there was in 1900. We have Pilated woodpeckers in our woods, they are something to watch. They came close to extinction but are now rebounding.
I have not checked the nest but the geese are still hanging around. I will wait until I have some backup /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. They are nesting on the big island and it is hard to row a boat when being flogged by a goose. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

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Well we didn't run the geese off. She simply rolled the eggs back into the old nest and laid a fourth egg with them. She won, the wife is going to let her be. My wife said she will keep an eye on the water and if it looks like the nest will get under water she will intervene. I don't know who is more trouble, the wife or the geese! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Got some seat time on the Kubota today. Sure was a pretty day! I was sitting on the back porch taking a break and listening to the turkeys calling. Must have been 15-20 birds in the flock. They usually roost in the bottom land behind the house, sometimes as close as 50 yards, but not often. It gets pretty noisy around here at times with the geese, turkeys, coyotes and other critters hollering at one time or another.