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Beginning in 2008, I began to recognize a returning pair of Canada #Geese on my backyard marsh.

They mate for life, live 10 to 25 years, & return to nesting areas. It's possible that it's the same pair?
I named them Gail and Gordon.

If you see them every day, like I do, you get familiar with their habits, hangouts, hiding places, and they get familiar with you. Can you see the newly born Goslings?

(Not to be confused with https://goslings.com which is a fine Bermuda Rum. )

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Goslings grow really fast. At first, it's difficult to find them with your camera. The bright sunlight on my view screen, and their neutral blending color makes them invisible. In a week, they start getting yellow.

Mom brings them closer to me every day
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So, since I've been tracking *Gail & Gordon*, they've returned to my backyard every spring. While watching, they stay within running distance to the ocean. Another week, & there will be goose-poop on my patio. Sometimes a gosling wanders on when I'm shooting photos.

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@Rasta Your own private militia!
@Alison They are already on my shores, as soon as the harbour ice broke, they were mating and hanging out
@Rasta Nobody messing about there.
@Alison Late at night, when no one is looking, deer are doing dirty deeds on your lawn.
SHOOT THEM! LOL
@Rasta Ahhh while I grew up on venison roast etc and enjoyed it, I couldn't do it and even later in life Dad couldn't either.
@Alison When I hunted, I'd barely have my deer hung and folks were looking for a steak. When I stopped hunting, I had my last one too. funny about that. I like it. I'd hunt again if I was a younger man. These days, just filling the freezer with meat is a good reason
@Rasta Filling the freezer with meat was indeed why he hunted. Wife at home and two kids.
He did go with the guys in later years. I found some sketches he did while sitting in the bush and watching them.
@Alison I always hated the cold. I'd go in, get my deer quickly and go wit my father (when he was alive) to get him a deer so he stay out of the woods. I made my wife get a license too, so I could bring her deer out ;P