Goose Gallery      

photos by Kathy Petreré
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Resident Canada Geese in central Indiana.
     
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Taken with a regular lens -- these geese had no fear of humans.
     
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Urban ponds and parking lots are popular goose hangouts.
     

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Corporate resident 
Canada Geese.		 Taking flight on 
the east side.		 Suburban geese.
     
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Pecking at a reflection during nesting
season left this window blood-streaked.
A collared goose on 
Indy's northside.
   
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 Resident geese will go anywhere remotely close to water, including downtown Indianapolis outside the Geese Wranglers office (L). 
     
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 Nesting spots like these are what cause
friction between humans and geese...		  (Hey, these aren't geese!)
     
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A rooftop nest probably isn't
the safest place to raise young.

 This snow fence
"deterrent" made a
great spot for a nest.
     
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Nests in parking lots can cause conflicts between humans and geese.
     
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The nests can be like exquisite works of art.
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Spring babies galore!
     
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Canada Goose goslings are able to fly in a little over two months.
     
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The goslings learn early from their parents
that humans aren't much of a threat.
     
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Adults don't seem to worry too much about
humans approaching their young, either.
     
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Goslings will return the following year to the area where they learn to fly. 
 
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