At Swains Lock (approx. mile 17 on the C&O Canal towpath) this afternoon I 
encountered two adult Canada Geese watching over *20* goslings. No other 
adult geese were nearby. Canada Geese don't have broods that big, do they? I 
assumed it was the parent birds watching over the young'uns while they 
grazed -- but might the adults have been two females instead, each with her 
own group of goslings?

Please enlighten me, you goose gurus out there. Thanks.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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