Subj : signs of spring..
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun May 11 2025 06:06:00

Hello Rob!

** On Saturday 10.05.25 - 01:07, Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL:

 RM> But I've gotten used to seeing them here. They have Goosey
 RM> Daycare where, once the goslings are swimming around well,
 RM> you'll see one Mother Goose with 15 or 20 of them
 RM> following her so you know that they don't all belong to
 RM> that one female. They say 2 to 8 eggs for one nest but I'd
 RM> say that 3 or 4 would be most common.

Never knew about their Goosey Daycare system.  I'll have to  
watch for that.  I usually have a couple of pairs of geese on  
my little lake, but I don't think I've ever seen more than 8 or  
10 little ones following a parent.   I have seen fewer and  
fewer ones with the same pair over time though. I've imagined  
that maybe the snapping turtles grab them from below.


 RM> At the moment, as I type this, the Whippoorwills are
 RM> making a heck of a racket outside. They are quite loud and
 RM> generally do their calling starting at about midnight.

I get more noise from Loons around 4-5a.

But then the Peepers are a much more consistent vocal  
contributor here.  When the peepers emerge, I know that  
blackflies and mosquitoes emerge a week to a few days later.

This year seems different though. The first night that the  
Peepers started here was on Apr 23.  But sofar, no blackflies  
nearly 2 wks later.


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