Honk Honk!

We have baby geese!

When I got home on the evening of the 22nd, I noticed that the female had moved off her nest, which is not so unusual.  Although she spent most of her time incubating the eggs, at least twice a day she would leave the nest to forage around the pond with the male.  But on Thursday I just knew something was different, so I walked out the the empty nest and found this:

Four empty eggs shells. . .

The female was hunkered down in the tall grass just across from the garden with the male standing dilligently on guard.  It wasn't until Friday afternoon that I caught a glimpse of the happy family scooting around the pond. . .



I apologize for the shakiness of the video, I'll try to get a little better footage of the new family.