An Update From the Pond

This is Lucy, the Grey Lag goose.  Dad suspects that she might be carrying eggs that will need to be laid soon.    The strange thing is that the two male Grey Lags are sweet on each other so how the heck did this happen?  Time will tell!
BTW, the waterfowl are not promiscuous like some hoomans can be. 

 We saw Lucy swimming past one of the nesting boxes yesterday morning. She looked like she was scoping it out for her nest.
These two Barnacle goose girls are Wilma and Betty and they have dibs on the nesting box too.  We keep trying to tell the girls that there are 2 nesting boxes but everyone seems to want this one. 

 This is Barney, the male Barnacle.  He constantly lets everyone know that he rules here and no one  will inhabit that nesting box but his girls.  We're not sure which one he's paired up with. 

 These are the black swan eggs.  Once again, we were lucky to catch Aunt Agnes off the nest. She rarely is.   Dad is thinking that the due date might be around May 1st. 

 And here she is. The best Auntie in the whole wide world! Bless you Aggie!  You deserve your break time!

 Buster and Hazel have built a sort of make-believe outdoor nest. They are just not interested in being parents this time around. 

This is Alice Whooper.  She is the new kid here. She flew in from Tennessee on Wednesday. She was actually late getting here and dad was a nervous wreck.  She was tired and scared when she arrived but look at her now.  She's been enjoying the sunshine and the pond.  She's under a year old so she doesn't whoop yet like Angel Whooper does.   She is inside the penned area with the black swans so she and Angel have a fence between them.   Dad is hoping that the girls will bond in time and be BFF. 

So that's the latest news on the waterfowl.  We will update if anything exciting happens!

So until next time............

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly