CRITTER NOTES—

Can you imagine what it feels like to be defeated by—a goose?

I have spent the past several weeks hassling the Canada Geese as various groups of them have skirmished over nesting rights on my pond.

Finally, one breeding pair prevailed and I have spent the past couple of days shooing the female of that duet off her choice of a nesting spot on the island.

Regardless of the escalating deviousness of my methods, she *sigh* returns.

I have yet to admit my defeat to her.

Doesn’t matter.

As I scribble this news of my surrender, she is constructing her nest.