gosling report

[fowl language]

I saw my first gosling today at fry,s corner in cloverdale.looked to be about 9 young , I heard on the radio tonight there was a hen mallard with her young trying to cross hwy 91. I am interested to hear of any other reports as well.....fowl

[field marshal]

Don't know if this is of any help to you Dale, but I tried to cross the highway last week, and this asshole wouldn't let me??:mrgreen:---Cheers--Field Marshal.

[Buck]

Saw 5 on the Pitt today end of Harris road north.Yellow and fat.

[warnniklz]

Shiiiiiiiiit.... thought you were talking about ryan gosling

[Foxton Gundogs]

2 clutches of goslings at the marsh look to be about a week old

[f350ps]

Two gosling in the pond. K

[shotgunjohn]

Saw four yesterday near Duncan.

[huntinnewbie]

Saw 4 teenie tiny ones with Mom and dad on the Tulameen in Coalmont. Can't believe they took the little ones in the river as it was high and fast but they seem to keep them corraled between them to stop them from being swept away.

[biggyun68]

Osoyoos just pairs - but did not go to the marsh:

Saw pairs (no goslings) through Bridesville:

KVR road - lots of pairs but no goslings yet: Geese where noisy through the night: And the river was almost over the west bank in places:

Christian Valley pairs only:

Princeton - Summerland road saw a couple groups of Goslngs in the sloughs low down and pairs with no Goslings higher up at the Break in the water shed:

[biggyun68]

I know they are not goslings but it is pretty cool that I have a ducks nest in my back yard in the middle of Vancouver:

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/colinredfern/BabyDucks2014_zps73b03ca6.jpg (http://s1005.photobucket.com/user/colinredfern/media/BabyDucks2014_zps73b03ca6.jpg.html)

[Trooper23]

Had a pair of geese take over an old osprey nest in the Ponderosa pine in our yard about a month ago. We set up the spotting scope and watching, then"...............on Wednesday morning we watched Momma goose push the goslings out of the nest to the ground, then her and pappa goose walk them down the river bank into the Kootenay river!! Five healthy little yellow goslings (one dead one at the base of the tree.)

pretty neat eat to see!

Jaffray area.

[Pete]

Canada Geese pose a huge urban problem. Their populations are exploding despite increased open seasons, addling and culls. In the Okanagan there is documented proof that there were no geese over wintering prior to 1968 a few pairs by the early 70's then problems occurred. Well meaning folks decided to put up nesting boxes and start to feed them. No thought about disease or water quality. Be careful what you wish for. We now have thousands of them over wintering here in the Okanagan. You have heard of the term sh..t through a goose...Well exactly how fast is that??? When Geese are feeding they go every 6-10 min. If you have 100 geese on a beach that means there will be 100 green squishes on the beach in about 10 min. Now this would not pose a problem unless your local economy was not tourism based ie Oosyoos, Pentiction, Kelowna Vernon.
If you want to help then get out there during hunting season and take your limits!!!

[biggyun68]

City of Kelowna does not make it easy to "help them":

[cavebear]

7 goslings at Westwood

[biggyun68]

4 Goslings at Alice Lake

[biggyun68]

Large group of goslings at the 5A junction on Hwy 97C.

[heyblast]

One less today but I must say the Eagle looked like a very mature well fed bird.

[CRS]

Two different clutches down by the Port Mann Bridge. Both families come up the boat ramp at Macuabeak every morning. About 2 wks difference in the groups based on size. One of 5 one of 3. Learning to swim pretty damn good in the freshet!

[coach]

There's a few near my house in Kelowna.

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/coach108/imagejpg3_zps20cbd1ce.jpg

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/coach108/imagejpg5_zpsaec23108.jpg

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/coach108/imagejpg4_zps40079d9b.jpg

[Fred1]

Saw two herds in Trinity yesterday!

[biggyun68]

Spotted about two dozen in Deep Cove