MATERNITY WING--

Poppa Canada goose idles away his time while Momma tends her clutch on the pond’s island. With an incubation period of 27 or 28 days, her “due date” is early next week. The young geese attain flight after 8 to 9 weeks.

Before 1950 these geese were only known as migrants or winter visitors in Ohio. Then, in the early ‘50s the Ohio Division of Wildlife initiated a program to establish resident flocks within the state.

I would be happy to provide the Division with all the goose manure they might need to fertilize their next plan to tinker with introducing non-native species.