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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Each year in the very early spring we begin to wonder if our goose and gander will return to nest in our front yard pond again. During the winter we see various small and large groups of geese spending a day or a few hours on our pond or flying over it to the bigger pond in the next field. We are never sure if "our" pair is one of these geese or not. We can tell for sure however when they begin fighting for their territory. Then the gander that has been with us for at least 10 years will start fighting off every other gander that comes near. This happens weeks before the nesting period, but he is not taking any chances.