Here's an update: The Canada goose doesn't let Louie get near Jill and shadows him all around. If Louie gets vocal, the Canada goose tries to drown him out (of course, very little can drown out a Chinese gander). Jill sometimes responds to Louie, vocally. She seems to be getting along well...
LOL.
What would happen if they begin to pair up and then Jack (Jill's mate) all of a sudden, returns? I don't think that will happen, but what if?
I think Louie liked Jill before but Jack was in the way.
Perhaps. We have had Chinese and Embden mix before there. Jill and Louie are fairly evenly matched strength and personality wise. She can give it as much as she takes it.
As many of you know, I interact with some feral geese at a public lake. I have written a post about two Chinese ganders and about two grumpy geese on the other side of the lake. Well, the really mean gander got eaten by coyotes last July and everything has been very calm with the geese. The...