Oh and Kat since you are reading and posting again right now.
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Sebastopol Geese Thread !!!!!!!!!! SHOW YOUR PICS !!!!!!!!!!
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Oooh- what are you going to do with him? I wonder if he'll keep the spots.This is a young gander we got from Kat this year. I know I have more pictures of him, will dig around for them later on. He kept the grey/blue coloring and dark spots.
Oh and Kat since you are reading and posting again right now.
Both from you
They are gorgeous color!
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the grey baby is a Splash.. he will get lighter with age, but some of the blotchy greyness will stay.
love the buff girls. I kinda wanted to keep them, but since I had SO MANY babies hatch all at once, I had to sell what you guys wanted
Glad you are happy with them.
The spotted grey girl is posted a few pages back. You may have to click on the pic to see a larger view of it... she has a triangle white patch on her breast... as the feathers are still growing its less noticable... she also has a large white patch under her chin.
here is a clear shot of the white patch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s1gnature/8097922943/
love the buff girls. I kinda wanted to keep them, but since I had SO MANY babies hatch all at once, I had to sell what you guys wanted
Glad you are happy with them.
The spotted grey girl is posted a few pages back. You may have to click on the pic to see a larger view of it... she has a triangle white patch on her breast... as the feathers are still growing its less noticable... she also has a large white patch under her chin.
here is a clear shot of the white patch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s1gnature/8097922943/
Kat we adore them. The grey blue gander is with a 4H'r here for her to work with.
Here is an odd one we hatched out here this year.
Here is an odd one we hatched out here this year.
Loving the pictures everyone!
Shellie, love your pretty odd colored baby!
~ Aspen
Shellie, love your pretty odd colored baby!
~ Aspen
All lovely pictures and I especially like seeing the Buffs. We did produce one Smooth Breasted female who we're running on this year but needs more time to develop her trailers
Very pretty Pete!
~ Aspen
~ Aspen
I thought everyone would enjoy seeing this about one of the Sebastopols I ssold to a lovely woman her name is Leesa. She is writing children's books about her gander OLIVER. She has now written 3 childrens books. I am so pround that one of our sebastopols is representing a childrens books.
Hope you enjoy seeing all about Oliver.
Vernon woman puts a new twist on ‘Mother Goose’
Published Oct 17, 2012 at 4:09 pm (Updated Oct 17, 2012)
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“What an honor it is to live in an area that has its own special, prehistoric creature.”
— Linda Ukson, 3rd grade teacher at Rolling Hills Primary School
By Scott Baker
Most people would tell you there isn’t very much you can learn from a goose. Those people have obviously never met Oliver.
Oliver, a domesticated Sebastopol goose, is the pet of Vernon resident Leesa Beckmann. While Beckmann says there aren’t many people who would keep a goose as an indoor pet, she lives with Oliver and takes him nearly everywhere she goes (along with a healthy supply of diapers).
Beckmann says that Oliver is an inspiration to her, as she has written three children’s books starring the flightless fowl. The first, “Oliver’s Dandelion Wishes,” is a rhyming book for the very young; “A Million Monarchs Munching Milkweed and a Goose!” is a learning book about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly; the latest, “Oliver’s Search for Miss Matilda and her Murky Mud Puddle,” recounts the goose’s quest to find Vernon’s historic woolly mammoth.
In a recent trip to Rolling Hills Primary School, Beckmann used her latest book to start a cross-curricular discussion with Linda Ukson’s 3rd grade class. After listening to Beckmann read the rhyming story about Vernon and some of the town’s geography and history, the class was full of questions.
Ukson used the opportunity to touch on lessons in the writing and revision process, geography, history, photography and science.
Beckmann says Oliver has “imprinted” on her and “thinks he is human.” For this reason, she gives him very human qualities in her books.
In his search for Matilda, for example, Oliver drives his blue jalopy down some familiar Vernon roads and past town landmarks, including High Point Monument, the Black Creek site, the Appalachian Trail, Wawayanda State Park, the National Wildlife Refuge and Mastodon Lake—where Matilda the mastodon was excavated in 1954.
A friendly squirrel then teaches Oliver that he can find Matilda at the New Jersey State Museum: “She hasn’t been hiding! What a wild goose chase you’re on! / Didn’t you know that Matilda’s long gone? / She was found here in Vernon over five decades ago! / If you still want to meet her there’s a place you can go.”
Ukson was happy to have Beckmann come in and “share the challenges and rewards of being a writer and a photographer” with her class.
Beckmann explained to the young writers that “you really have to be inspired by something” in order to write a great story, though she was quick to add that “inspiration can be right in your backyard,” as she found it in the history of her “wonderful and splendid” hometown.
Beckmann has had several requests for her self-published book, most notably from the New Jersey State Museum gift shop, but she says her true passion is sharing her work with students.
Beckmann and Oliver are available for readings by contacting [email protected] or 973-919-6988.
Hope you enjoy seeing all about Oliver.
Vernon woman puts a new twist on ‘Mother Goose’
Published Oct 17, 2012 at 4:09 pm (Updated Oct 17, 2012)
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Leesa Beckmann reads to the class.
Oliver bends to examine his nail polish.
Leesa Beckmann kisses Oliver for being so well behaved with Mrs. Ukson's 3rd graders.
Leesa Beckmann brings Oliver to get a closer look at Mrs. Ukson's 3rd grade class.
“What an honor it is to live in an area that has its own special, prehistoric creature.”
— Linda Ukson, 3rd grade teacher at Rolling Hills Primary School
By Scott Baker
Most people would tell you there isn’t very much you can learn from a goose. Those people have obviously never met Oliver.
Oliver, a domesticated Sebastopol goose, is the pet of Vernon resident Leesa Beckmann. While Beckmann says there aren’t many people who would keep a goose as an indoor pet, she lives with Oliver and takes him nearly everywhere she goes (along with a healthy supply of diapers).
Beckmann says that Oliver is an inspiration to her, as she has written three children’s books starring the flightless fowl. The first, “Oliver’s Dandelion Wishes,” is a rhyming book for the very young; “A Million Monarchs Munching Milkweed and a Goose!” is a learning book about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly; the latest, “Oliver’s Search for Miss Matilda and her Murky Mud Puddle,” recounts the goose’s quest to find Vernon’s historic woolly mammoth.
In a recent trip to Rolling Hills Primary School, Beckmann used her latest book to start a cross-curricular discussion with Linda Ukson’s 3rd grade class. After listening to Beckmann read the rhyming story about Vernon and some of the town’s geography and history, the class was full of questions.
Ukson used the opportunity to touch on lessons in the writing and revision process, geography, history, photography and science.
Beckmann says Oliver has “imprinted” on her and “thinks he is human.” For this reason, she gives him very human qualities in her books.
In his search for Matilda, for example, Oliver drives his blue jalopy down some familiar Vernon roads and past town landmarks, including High Point Monument, the Black Creek site, the Appalachian Trail, Wawayanda State Park, the National Wildlife Refuge and Mastodon Lake—where Matilda the mastodon was excavated in 1954.
A friendly squirrel then teaches Oliver that he can find Matilda at the New Jersey State Museum: “She hasn’t been hiding! What a wild goose chase you’re on! / Didn’t you know that Matilda’s long gone? / She was found here in Vernon over five decades ago! / If you still want to meet her there’s a place you can go.”
Ukson was happy to have Beckmann come in and “share the challenges and rewards of being a writer and a photographer” with her class.
Beckmann explained to the young writers that “you really have to be inspired by something” in order to write a great story, though she was quick to add that “inspiration can be right in your backyard,” as she found it in the history of her “wonderful and splendid” hometown.
Beckmann has had several requests for her self-published book, most notably from the New Jersey State Museum gift shop, but she says her true passion is sharing her work with students.
Beckmann and Oliver are available for readings by contacting [email protected] or 973-919-6988.
Celtic is that a gander or goose? it is beautiful!!! Are you going to be selling him/her?Kat we adore them. The grey blue gander is with a 4H'r here for her to work with.
Here is an odd one we hatched out here this year.
I thought everyone would enjoy seeing this about one of the Sebastopols I ssold to a lovely woman her name is Leesa. She is writing children's books about her gander OLIVER. She has now written 3 childrens books. I am so pround that one of our sebastopols is representing a childrens books.
Hope you enjoy seeing all about Oliver.
Vernon woman puts a new twist on ‘Mother Goose’
Published Oct 17, 2012 at 4:09 pm (Updated Oct 17, 2012)
Make text smaller Make text larger ShareThisPhotos
Leesa Beckmann reads to the class.
Oliver bends to examine his nail polish.
Leesa Beckmann kisses Oliver for being so well behaved with Mrs. Ukson's 3rd graders.
Leesa Beckmann brings Oliver to get a closer look at Mrs. Ukson's 3rd grade class.
“What an honor it is to live in an area that has its own special, prehistoric creature.”
— Linda Ukson, 3rd grade teacher at Rolling Hills Primary School
By Scott Baker
Most people would tell you there isn’t very much you can learn from a goose. Those people have obviously never met Oliver.
Oliver, a domesticated Sebastopol goose, is the pet of Vernon resident Leesa Beckmann. While Beckmann says there aren’t many people who would keep a goose as an indoor pet, she lives with Oliver and takes him nearly everywhere she goes (along with a healthy supply of diapers).
Beckmann says that Oliver is an inspiration to her, as she has written three children’s books starring the flightless fowl. The first, “Oliver’s Dandelion Wishes,” is a rhyming book for the very young; “A Million Monarchs Munching Milkweed and a Goose!” is a learning book about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly; the latest, “Oliver’s Search for Miss Matilda and her Murky Mud Puddle,” recounts the goose’s quest to find Vernon’s historic woolly mammoth.
In a recent trip to Rolling Hills Primary School, Beckmann used her latest book to start a cross-curricular discussion with Linda Ukson’s 3rd grade class. After listening to Beckmann read the rhyming story about Vernon and some of the town’s geography and history, the class was full of questions.
Ukson used the opportunity to touch on lessons in the writing and revision process, geography, history, photography and science.
Beckmann says Oliver has “imprinted” on her and “thinks he is human.” For this reason, she gives him very human qualities in her books.
In his search for Matilda, for example, Oliver drives his blue jalopy down some familiar Vernon roads and past town landmarks, including High Point Monument, the Black Creek site, the Appalachian Trail, Wawayanda State Park, the National Wildlife Refuge and Mastodon Lake—where Matilda the mastodon was excavated in 1954.
A friendly squirrel then teaches Oliver that he can find Matilda at the New Jersey State Museum: “She hasn’t been hiding! What a wild goose chase you’re on! / Didn’t you know that Matilda’s long gone? / She was found here in Vernon over five decades ago! / If you still want to meet her there’s a place you can go.”
Ukson was happy to have Beckmann come in and “share the challenges and rewards of being a writer and a photographer” with her class.
Beckmann explained to the young writers that “you really have to be inspired by something” in order to write a great story, though she was quick to add that “inspiration can be right in your backyard,” as she found it in the history of her “wonderful and splendid” hometown.
Beckmann has had several requests for her self-published book, most notably from the New Jersey State Museum gift shop, but she says her true passion is sharing her work with students.
Beckmann and Oliver are available for readings by contacting [email protected] or 973-919-6988.
That is awesome that she is teaching kid about geese and giving them a great experience!
Not to change the subject but I was wondering if anyone ever sells there sebastopol geese feathers to people to make jewlery, or flyfishing equipment? if so how do you package them and how much do you sell them for?
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