The morning began with a shock: an African goose, slightly smaller than our two, was floating on the river talking to our geese, who remained on land. (Though they are surrounded by water, our geese prefer their plastic tub.)
Mother said she witnessed a strange event yesterday, of a woman who arrived by boat and came on land to shoo a goose (she thought it was one of ours) onto the property, though she said the woman was calling it a name, like "Roger." Sounds like the woman was guilty of goose dumping to me.
After talking to the goose myself, and going inside to obtain some crackers as a lure, I returned to see that it had waddled to shore and was mingling with Duke and Spruce. I decided to call the goose Oodie, for Mama Oodie in the Frog Princess, as she too, came from the swamp. Oodie, I've found, is a remarkably docile and human-friendly goose. Whereas our geese won't come near us anymore, Oodie lets you pet her, pick her up, and she follows me around the yard. Duke and Spruce aren't about to admit Oodie into their flock though, as they have paired up, and geese mate for life. Or at least until one half of the pair dies.
This evening, Oodie is back in the river, swimming around, waiting for morning, I suppose. Pictures of Oodie coming soon.
On another note: We have an egg thief.
And it is none other than our esteemed chicken nanny, Jane.
Mother caught her with an egg this morning; this afternoon I caught her alongside the chicken house with a second egg, which I retrieved. Then I went around the coop to take out the remaining egg, and upon rounding to the front of the coop found none other than that foxy border collie standing inside the coop, peering into the nesting boxes. If that wasn't enough, later in the day, she trotted out from under the house with a blue egg in her mouth. I quickly took this egg away, and not knowing how long it had been under the house, threw it in the river.
Jane has also solicited the following letter to Craigslist in Seoul, South Korea:
I will be moving to Seoul soon with my human and was wondering if anyone knows of any agility groups or active competitive sport groups such as flyball or canine frisbee in the area? I've also been finding mixed information about dog parks in Seoul or areas to take your human where they can run around off leash. I'm very active with my human and would like to remain so in Korea, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
You can also visit my blog for more information on training humans, chickens, and geese: www.gooseexcuse.blogspot.com
Best,
Jane Eyre, the frisbee champion extraordinaire
