http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/10/19/heading-south/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/10/19/heading-south/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Kate St. John Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:55:32 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=11278#comment-8290 When you see the goose tip up in the pond with its feet in the air it's eating underwater vegetation. This is normal and good. Canda geese also eat grass, which is why you see them on golf courses. The bad news is that it must leave before the pond freezes or it will likely starve in the winter. If it doesn't fly much, it may be injured. If you are worried about this goose, contact your local wildlife rehabilitator to find out what you (or they) can do for it. Try The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota, see http://www.wrcmn.org/ When you see the goose tip up in the pond with its feet in the air it’s eating underwater vegetation. This is normal and good. Canda geese also eat grass, which is why you see them on golf courses. The bad news is that it must leave before the pond freezes or it will likely starve in the winter. If it doesn’t fly much, it may be injured.
If you are worried about this goose, contact your local wildlife rehabilitator to find out what you (or they) can do for it. Try The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota, see http://www.wrcmn.org/

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/10/19/heading-south/comment-page-1/#comment-8289 Kelly J. Dagen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:35 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=11278#comment-8289 We live in Northern Minnesota where most of the Canadian geese have already left. But, there has been one stray goose residing in my backyard which runs adjacent to a pond. My kids have named him, Shawn. We are getting worried about the goose not leaving and possibly starving during the winter. The most we've seen it fly is over the pond about 1 foot above the water. We have also watched it doing weird things in the pond, putting his head under water and then flipping his body so that his feet are up in the air. Is this normal geese behavior? Thank you for your comments. We live in Northern Minnesota where most of the Canadian geese have already left. But, there has been one stray goose residing in my backyard which runs adjacent to a pond. My kids have named him, Shawn. We are getting worried about the goose not leaving and possibly starving during the winter. The most we’ve seen it fly is over the pond about 1 foot above the water. We have also watched it doing weird things in the pond, putting his head under water and then flipping his body so that his feet are up in the air. Is this normal geese behavior? Thank you for your comments.

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