Janet,
 
It was obviously "Octogoose" and her mate!
 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
 
 
In a message dated 5/25/2009 4:40:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

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


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