Kay-it's the birds around here.

It's not just the rooster around here.....

it's the whole package...we have these geese too. And there is this one goose that literally would not let any other goose or duck in the water. I loved to watch it. She would fly at them and bite their butts. They would fight with their necks stuck in the water and she'd be squawking the whole time. Noah and I would be playing frisbee or whatever in the back and then the goose would go bananas-just bezerk. We'd stop in our tracks and just watch. I thought the goose was definitely a female. Very bossy. Very in charge as a woman usually is. She was always alone like she was a loner. Hands down, she ruled the lake. Very intriguing. The other geese and ducks (and one heron bird too) would still try to get in; and she fought them every time. Funny. Strange. Interesting.

WELL. One day late last week, I woke up, heard the rooster and instinctively looked out back. I saw the most amazing thing. TWO geese walking together with guess what???? Baby gooselings! THAT is what she was protecting; her eggs. So then I got to thinking, is this the mamma and the dadddy and the babies all together? Do geese hang out in families? I need to know this. I will look it up on the net. At first I only saw two little very furry geese with the mom and dad. This weekend, on Sunday, I saw them again, but now there were ten of them and not just two. So ten gooselings that will grow up and come poop in our back yard. OY. They are quite adorable. So the mother was protecting the lake because her babies were there. Is that not amazing? Why didn't I catch on to that before? It was a no brainer. I apparantly preferred to think she was some A type personality goose who had sharing issues! Go figure..

So we have birds around here; roosters, geese, herons, and ducks. I continue to be amazed as I discover these great things about our new home and neighborhood. Pretty cool stuff. I love the new goose family. Love it.