Rhyahcf
Chirping
- Sep 9, 2017
- 38
- 34
- 89
hi,
We had 13 geese that came with a property we bought this last summer. The previous owner had no shelter for them, just said they are fine outside on the 3 acre pond. Well with the pond freezing over the last couple weeks, something finally got two of them last night. Now tonight we heard one of them honk so ran out to see if there was a coyote and found 4 of them huddled up in the driveway, one sitting alone behind our house, one sitting alone in the middle of the pond, one sitting in the woods alone and one sitting in our east field alone and 3 are MIA. It’s almost like they made a circle around the huddled group. Is this some type of instinctual protective strategy. Are they separated like this to draw attention away from the entire flock? Are they protecting the group of huddled ones somehow? We have 66 acres, so the solo ones are really out there all alone. Usually they are always together. We have tried to herd them into the barn and they flew away. We tried to herd the huddled group into the garage and they flew away. It’s pretty obvious they are freaked out though. We have seen fox, coyote, and owls since moving here, and we are thinking coyote is the culprit. But why are they suddenly separating apart like they are?
We had 13 geese that came with a property we bought this last summer. The previous owner had no shelter for them, just said they are fine outside on the 3 acre pond. Well with the pond freezing over the last couple weeks, something finally got two of them last night. Now tonight we heard one of them honk so ran out to see if there was a coyote and found 4 of them huddled up in the driveway, one sitting alone behind our house, one sitting alone in the middle of the pond, one sitting in the woods alone and one sitting in our east field alone and 3 are MIA. It’s almost like they made a circle around the huddled group. Is this some type of instinctual protective strategy. Are they separated like this to draw attention away from the entire flock? Are they protecting the group of huddled ones somehow? We have 66 acres, so the solo ones are really out there all alone. Usually they are always together. We have tried to herd them into the barn and they flew away. We tried to herd the huddled group into the garage and they flew away. It’s pretty obvious they are freaked out though. We have seen fox, coyote, and owls since moving here, and we are thinking coyote is the culprit. But why are they suddenly separating apart like they are?