For several days I have been anxiously awaiting the birth of two goslings. A pair of Canada Geese had built a nest at the tip of a little peninsula jutting into Tantra Lake right in front of my apartment. The nest had two eggs in it:
The Nest
While I was sitting on the picnic table watching the pair of geese, my neighbor Nancy came out and joined me. We noticed the precarious position of the eggs:
Precarious
But the couple were dedicated. While the female sat on the nest, the male kept me away with a sort of hiss:
Guarding the Nest
But this morning the nest was empty. The eggs had somehow rolled into the lake:
Lost!
But life goes on. The pair is still here, living to try again:
Life Goes On
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1 Goslings // Jun 1, 2009 at 11:19 pm
[...] month ago Tantra Lake, where I live, suffered a tragedy as some gosling eggs that I had been watching for days failed to hatch. Someone or some thing [...]
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