At 11:47 AM 5/19/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello OBOL & Tweeters:
>>...snip....Another seemingly
>out of place bird species was the CANADA
>GOOSE pair with 3 goslings that we
>encountered waddling down a dusty logging
>road through a 5 to 8 year old shrubby
>plantation. No water in sight for about a mile,
>except a little trickle in the roadside ditch.


Hi Kelly,

I haven't researched geese, but I know ducks will take their ducklings up to
a mile after hatching to reach water if their chosen nesting sight provides
safety. The young birds are remarkably hardy, aren't they?

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com


"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"