SPRING HAS ARRIVED (I think)

THEY HAVE ARRIVED
The first geese flew in this morning and I got to see them as they landed in what water is exposed. For many years we would have one pair of geese come and stay for the summer and raise their family. We enjoyed watching the family grow as their parents taught them how to fly, bathe/duck under water, and to follow them in a straight line around the pond. Yes, they were messy but it was only for about 3 months, then they'd leave for who knows where . Just before they left for the winter they would always come back for a day, I guess to say good bye and thank us for the use of our pond. The last couple of years they have only stayed a short time, and didn't raise a family here. We think because we had a resident fox and we think he got into their nest one time, so they don't stay here, only fly in once in awhile.

I know it doesn't look like Spring because the pond is mostly frozen over. The many deer that we have here are still walking across it. We still have a foot or so of snow, 2 ft in the woods.

Mommy and Daddy Goosums and their babies several years ago.