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Recent backyard visitors
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Here are pix of recent backyard visitors. The Canadians (I recognized the uniforms) hopefully will nest and raise a family as a pair did 3 years ago. I have no clue why the turkey came to the back yard a few days running. There are plenty about and easy to hear but only come out in the open once in a while.
Maybe some of you "woods smart" folk can tell me why the geese start honking loudly about 30 seconds to a minute before taking off for one of their 2 or 3 times a day fly to another pond and return excursions.
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More of the Canadians.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/06/06 05:27 AM
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You have to feed them "Canadians" Pat. Looks it's pretty barren or dry.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/06/06 08:03 AM
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Maybe some of you "woods smart" folk can tell me why the geese start honking loudly about 30 seconds to a minute before taking off
Pre-flight Checklist?
You ARE a redneck if... you knew someone whose last words were "Hey y'all, watch this!"
Edited by Michael (04/06/06 08:05 AM)
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/06/06 09:31 AM
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Obviously to signal their intentions to take off so the others will clear the runway.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/07/06 09:51 PM
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The geese, Gertrude and Heathcliff, generally walk back and forth between a couple of the ponds in the back yard several times a day. One of the closest approaches to our back porch is a bare area that I have sculpted with the tractor. It isn't as photogenic as the grassed areas but the geese ar much closer. My wife has put out about 30-40 lbs of whole corn in the last couple weeks. The crows and black birds didn't get it all.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/08/06 05:39 AM
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In Alberta in some places large round bales were placed for the geese to nest on. Worked well.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/16/06 08:50 AM
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We have a pair of Canadian geese that nest on the island of our pond every year. I believe it is the same pair but I am not sure of that fact. If you lack an island, make a floating nesting platform. The DNR in my state does this with very good results.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/16/06 09:54 AM
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Interesting font thingy...
This is what Outlook showed me... The D.O.C. in my state
and of course you actually said... The DNR in my state
I wondered what the Department of Correnctions was doing building islands for geese
Made more better sense after I opened the post in CBN.
Glad to hear it wors so good because it has been on my list of things to do for a long time. A floating island anchored out in the pond away from a lot of "nosey neighbors" who might invite themselves to lunch or a goose dinner.
I have some left over styrofoam to do the flotation or I may use plastic drums.
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Re: Recent backyard visitors
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04/16/06 10:40 AM
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Yes, I said DOC originally, I am old school and it used to be the Department of Conservation. When I got to thinking about it, I thought that it might be mistaken as corrections  , hence the change to DNR.
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