Help! Single Wild Canadian Goose Living on my Pond and I'm Clueless

[braves21slash]

Hey guys, I'm new and have some questions....

So I've owned this land for 2 years now, I have two ponds within a football field of my home, and about a football field away from each other. Ever since I moved here we've had these two geese sleep on the more secluded pond every few nights for the portion of year that they're here, and they never stopped on the larger pond right by my house.. A few weeks ago though the smaller (female I assume) goose stopped coming with the male. About a week ago I saw that they mate for life so I felt bad for him and took him some food. Keep in mind they only flew by every few nights before. Well now he's spending his entire day going between the two ponds. He flys to the big pond in the morning and spends most of the day there, where we can give him corn and stuff, and then later in the evening he walks the entire pasture over to the other pond and spends the night there. (I can hear him snoring!? right now)

We're perfectly happy having him here, he's huge, he's beautiful, and we're sad that he's lonely. He quacks at us when we bring him food, and will swim away. Then once we walk away he comes over to eat the food, rinse and repeat later in the day. Is there anything we can do for him? I want him to be safe. We have coyotes here and I don't want one to get him at night, I'm assuming he's okay when it gets chilly but what about during thunderstorms? Does he need shelter? Any certain foods he needs?Is there anything we can do so that he's not alone? We really love having him but we could not know less about geese.

Any and all tips are welcome.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hey guys, I'm new and have some questions....

So I've owned this land for 2 years now, I have two ponds within a football field of my home, and about a football field away from each other. Ever since I moved here we've had these two geese sleep on the more secluded pond every few nights for the portion of year that they're here, and they never stopped on the larger pond right by my house.. A few weeks ago though the smaller (female I assume) goose stopped coming with the male. About a week ago I saw that they mate for life so I felt bad for him and took him some food. Keep in mind they only flew by every few nights before. Well now he's spending his entire day going between the two ponds. He flys to the big pond in the morning and spends most of the day there, where we can give him corn and stuff, and then later in the evening he walks the entire pasture over to the other pond and spends the night there. (I can hear him snoring!? right now)

We're perfectly happy having him here, he's huge, he's beautiful, and we're sad that he's lonely. He quacks at us when we bring him food, and will swim away. Then once we walk away he comes over to eat the food, rinse and repeat later in the day. Is there anything we can do for him? I want him to be safe. We have coyotes here and I don't want one to get him at night, I'm assuming he's okay when it gets chilly but what about during thunderstorms? Does he need shelter? Any certain foods he needs?Is there anything we can do so that he's not alone? We really love having him but we could not know less about geese.

Any and all tips are welcome.

I wonder if his mate is nesting close by? it is the time of year for geese to be nesting. he needs nothing they have survived for thousands of years with out our help and I'm sure he can take care of himself. If coyotes or any pred comes around he will fly off even if he is on the pond and at night. Might want to slowly scout around both ponds and see if you can find the female just remember one thing Geese are very protective of their nest sites and gander especially are protective of their mates. so if you happen to see her stay away. Maybe you'll have gosling and both parents to enjoy this year on your pond. Geese are grazers so if you have grass and other water plants they will eat real good.

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