The Goose is Loose!!

After a few days of trying to spot the goose with the arrow in its neck, with no luck, we finally found out what happened. The goose managed to get the arrow out all by itself! Saw Ed in the Park, who tells us that he and Anne saw it,k and it actually came up to them. I guess the goose had trouble eating with the arrow and was hungry. The arrow was gone! One side of the neck was featherless around the hole, but it seems to be healing. I am imagining the goose shaking its head from side to side for days, until it came out. It couldn't have known that the arrow would only come out the way it went in.

There's an article in today's Times, with a great picture. And a very respectful reference to Anne and Ed, unlike some of the comments we've seen in the local papers. Mentions that they've saved 9 geese from fishing lines so far - no mention of the swan rescues, which are more important and impressive in my mind.

Pretty pictures in the park today - lots of green, the swan family is growing, and the green heron is hanging out near them.

Quiet day in the park

Monday morning with a threat of rain makes for a very quiet day in the park. The no-BBQ signs on the Peninsula seem to be working - very little trash. Nice to know that people do pay attention. The previous no-BBQ signs were little 6" by 6" placards attached to the 2 fences that surround 2 newly planted trees. They implied that there was no BBQ-ing only next to those trees. Hmmm. Speaking clearly AND listening as the 2 parts of communication! What a concept! Myself, I've always been strong on the speaking, and weaker on the listening part. I suspect there are people more heavily weighted on the listening part, who aren't so good at the speaking. The important of balance, in yoga and in life.

Ber finally got a good close-up picture of a large bird we've been seeing in the park. He calls it a fisher bird, but we don't know what kind of bird it really is. Don't forget - when you click on a picture it gets big.


THIS JUST IN!!Anne, aka Swan Princess, who is also a birder, tells us the 'fisher bird" is a green heron. Thank you Anne!