Actually, Rick, my son suggested "Duodecaduck"!

-Janet
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  Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Goslings galore


  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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