George and Gertie the Canada Geese have adopted our yard as their home base. I suspect it is for a couple of reasons.
Spring is here in North Carolina and time for baby geese. Our house is located across from a tiny island on the lake and I suspect that George and Gertie are building a nice little nest away from any critters that would harm it. A quick hop in the lake and they can pop over to our yard.
I also suspect they love our yard because of the bird feeders. While we are admonished here to not feed the wildlife like deer, raccoons, squirrels, fox, bear or geese I do feed the birds. I actually had a neighbor comment to me that there seemed to be a lot more birds around and I suspect it is because I love to have bird feeders out. One of the things that happens with feeders is that seed does fall on the ground as the birds search for that perfect seed so often I will look out and see George and Gertie cleaning up under the feeders.
Yesterday I was out picking up sticks in the yard. It took me along time to pick up all of them and there are still a lot to wrangle. That is what happens when you live on a lot with a lot of old trees. Limbs and little branches fall all the time and while they are great for eventual fire pit fires it is a lot of work to pick them all up. Add to that the fact that the back yard is a virtual land mine of duck, goose and deer poop and it is an interesting task.
As I picked up sticks Gertie and George watched me and didn’t even honk. I guess they knew I meant them no harm even if I came close to them.
Some of you might remember Maude and Henry the mallard ducks that used to come visit our pool in Mooresville. After we moved whenever we saw a couple together they were Henry and Maude and they followed us everywhere. One of Aaron’s friends even sends me pictures of Henry and Maude sightings. So it is a thing with me. I name animals and adopt them as part of my extended family. And how could I forget about Giovanni and Gabriella (big lizards) in Australia that lived under our house? I guess I really do have an interesting family, don’ t I?
Do you have any regular visitors to your yard that you name? Don’t forget to Comment for a Cause. It all counts.
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Leave a commentYou were here yesterday? I thought you were away? Make sure you post pics of the little ones when they appear!
I write posts ahead most of the time…..so no. I was not here yesterday. :-)And yes–there will be pics of babies if and when they come!
They look like nice geese! Don’t forget the frog that lived in your toilet:)
Oh yea—I did name the frogs as well, didn’t I? Carla and Christopher. 🙂
Soon you will have sweet goslings to watch. Please report to us. I have only ever named one unwelcome creature, the mouse that scared the wits out of me in the middle of the night in my mother-in-law’s bathroom when I was about six months pregnant. His name was Freddie. Actually, my brother-in-law named him. I shall never forget Freddie and how he terrorized me.
Wonderful to meet George and Gertie! They seem pretty great!!
You seem to have a few Canadian pals including George and Gertie. I can see why they have settled in your friendly neck of the woods. Great names BTW!
Hahaha Totally feel ya’ with the picking up sticks… The last bout o’ storms knocked a big tree down that took several smaller trees down with it. Ugh, better get a chain saw.
I do not trust myself with a chain saw. Holy smokes that would be a recipe for disaster.
I hope they bring their little ones to visit! I can’t wait to see what you’ll name a whole gaggle of goslings! 🙂
I will have to start thinking of names right now, won’t i? I will need a bunch!
It looks like George and Gertie have made themselves right at home. They posed very nicely for your photos. 🙂
They really were pretty enthralled with what the birds kicked out under the feeders so that was when I caught them posing. They are such beautiful creatures it is hard for them to take a bad picture.
I love that you name your visitors. We don’t get many regular visitors to our garden although I probably should pay more attention. I see the odd fox and we had to rescue three mice from our generous cat but I never got a chance to name them. Lovely pictures – looking forward to the update on these two lovebirds 🙂
I will be sure to introduce any new little ones on the blog when they come. And I am pretty sure they will come. It just seems like Gertie and George are preparing for something big and I suspect it is for a family. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
When I lived on the mountain I had a family of wild turkeys and a deer family that used my yard as home base.
One day the turkey mom was teaching her chicks how to climb the brick stairs leading up to the street. Five little guys followed right behind her after figuring out the right path for takeoff. The last guy just couldn’t figure it out. She wouldn’t help him. It was all I could do not to run out, pick him up, and deliver him to the rest of the group who were toddling off. Eventually his mom came back for him. I didn’t name the turkeys because wild turkeys are bullies! The mom trapped me in the car by pecking the window a few times.
What are you gonna name the babies? Gwen and Gus?
Thanks for taking the time to comment, my dear new friend! I love that you had some of the same wildlife that I have. Yes–turkeys can be a bit aggressive and nasty as well as these geese so I just keep my distance. Not sure if there are 6 or 7 babies–they moved too fast to count them but I am working on names, of course. 🙂
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