[va-richmond-general] Re: Any responses on the Canada Goose squatter?
- From: deannamail@xxxxxxx
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 05:35:06 -0400
Roger, thank you! I'll pass this on to folks in the group, which included
representives of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the James River Association, the Chickahominy
Watershed Alliance, the Chickahominy tribe, and James City and Charles City
counties.
How in the world does anyone get close enough to a Canada Goose nest to see
what eggs are there? I'd be less worried about the osprey, talons and all.
Deanna
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Clapp <CLAPPR@xxxxxx>
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 1 May 2006 04:59:10 -0400
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Any responses on the Canada Goose squatter?
Actually there are quite a few records of Canada Geese nesting in Osprey
nests, particularly in the west where it is apparentlly more common.
Elevated nests are not at all uncommon for Canada Geese which have used the
nests of Great Blue Herons as well. Sometimes the competition between
Ospreys and Canada Geese (which can have Ospreys attacking Canada Geese and
vice versa) leads to mixed clutches of Osprey and Goose eggs; in at least
one instance an Osprey actually hatched a goose egg.
Regards
RBC
Museum Specialist
USGS/PWRC
>>> Deannamail@xxxxxxx 4/28/2006 6:01:00 AM >>>
Still wondering if anyone else has previously seen a Canada Goose obviously
nesting in an osprey nest, several feet above the water. A group of us saw
and documented this on Monday in the Chickahominy River, near the mouth of
Diascund Creek.
Deanna
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