Anyway, this particular Sunday was a treat because we saw the first batch of baby geese for the year had been born. 4 babies had just escaped their nest. Why was this so special you may ask? Well, these baby geese were not just born anywhere.
There had been talk over that last week how a pair of geese had taken over a osprey nest atop one of the light poles on field 2.
The osprey had been seen being run off by the two geese and when some of our team members arrived they heard a PLOP... Ron turned around to see a baby goose had fallen from high above. A little shaken the baby got up, took a little shake and began to walk around. Down flew one of the adult geese to heard up the baby. Ron could hear the confusion coming from above. As he looked UP he could see the other older goose trying to push the babies out of the nest. PLOP-Thud, out came another... PLOP-THUD. The thud comes from the second hop the babies take from the height of the fall. Three down two to go. Now most of the team was arriving and many people were watching in disbelief. Why you might add? Look at the height of the pole! Our team was in the dugout just to the right of the pole along the fence line, LOOK AT THE PERSPECTIVE!
PLOP-THUD, down came number 4 and down flew the goose. But that was not all of the babies. The geese were squawking hysterically and being very aggressive to those around. PLOP-THUD, are you kidding they made the 4th baby jump all by himself. Look at the goose at the top right and his aggressive behavior. He is protecting the others.
This was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen and one of the many reasons we love to be out playing softball with our friends!Thanks to Julie for getting the photo's because I had forgotten my camera...Thanks Jules!
1 comment:
that was the most exciting thing to see. as i was there with my sister and saw the amazing thing it was the first time i have seen anything like that. i was watching tristan at the game. love sis. lisa
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