Last spring, Terry and I saw a Canada goose sitting on her nest (from about two feet away) as we stood at this lookout, watching the river below near the old mill in Manotick.
This year we returned. Would we see the same nesting mother again?
But no! The nest was empty - though it looked recently vacated. The soft down that the mother had sat on was still there. It hadn't yet blown away.
We noticed another difference as well... the river was running high. Its rushing water had - this year - covered the island where the father goose had kept watch - together with a large heron. He had even honked a warning at us when we got too close to the nesting mother last spring.
So interesting! No two years are exactly the same! Higher water levels this spring are affecting a lot of things. I wonder where the father goose kept watch this year...
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