She sits and I count ..

Goose nesting

To my alarm, this geese couple choose a very precarious spot to nest. The mother goose has made her nest on an empty plot very close to a busy intersection.

With a lot of their habitat flattened out for new housing developments, the geese migrate home thousands of miles only to find that all their breeding places are taken by humans. This mother goose has been sitting on her eggs since the end of April. I am counting days for her and worry endlessly as to how the parents will protect the little goslings from the speeding traffic on the busy roads either side of where she sits.