Since my post on 6/25, I saw the two geese several times, including last evening. This afternoon both of them were gone. There were three note pages tied to a ribbon which in turn was tied to a stick lodged under a log by the nest. There was a written note to the effect that maybe the eggs should be removed one by one slowly because the ?sister goose? was lonely. I found this upsetting, but someone had then written that neither the geese nor their eggs should be touched, and they were fine following their instincts.

Sometimes the male goes off to find water or food, but not for long. I have never seen the female far from the nest. To find neither anywhere in sight was so upsetting, especially in light of that first note. Tonight a little before 10 pm on my return from a class, I went down. Both geese, to my immense relief, were there. I do hope the eggs are ok, but I?m very happy to see both of them looking fine. The female was on the nest, and the male was right by.

I wish I could keep guard over them. That first note was unnerving.

Jo Ann
On Jun 27, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Terry Sargent Peart <terry.peart at outlook.com> wrote:

> I was there at Lincoln Park last week and there was only one.
> I was worried about it's mate also.
> If anyone sees two, would you please let us all know?
>
> Thanks,
> Terry
> West Seattle
>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:29:24 -0700
> > From: jeffrey158 at earthlink.net
> > To: joanno at q.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] white geese in Lincoln Park
> > CC:
> >
> > I ran at Lincoln Park today and only saw one of them, a little bit concerning.
> >
> > Jeff Baker
> > West Seattle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Jo Ann Oliver <joanno at q.com>
> > >Sent: Jun 25, 2014 9:42 AM
> > >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > >Subject: [Tweeters] white geese in Lincoln Park
> > >
> > >Is the couple living year round at the south end of the Lincoln Park beach area of West Seattle Snow Geese? They look like it but don?t act like it.
> > >
> > >Perplexed,
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