. Game birds of America . e gander is very energetic and cour-ageous in defending his mate on thenest. W. T. Hornaday, director of theNew York Zoological Park, tells an anec-dote that illustrates this. Lastspring, he says, two of our geese pairedoff and built a. nest on the south bankof the Mammals Pond, in a very exposedsituation. From that time until theyoung were hatched the gander neveronce wandered from his post. It was hisrule never to go more than sixty feetfrom the nest, and whenever anyone ap-proached it he iriimediately hastened tointercept the intruder, hissing and threat-ening with
. Game birds of America . e gander is very energetic and cour-ageous in defending his mate on thenest. W. T. Hornaday, director of theNew York Zoological Park, tells an anec-dote that illustrates this. Lastspring, he says, two of our geese pairedoff and built a. nest on the south bankof the Mammals Pond, in a very exposedsituation. From that time until theyoung were hatched the gander neveronce wandered from his post. It was hisrule never to go more than sixty feetfrom the nest, and whenever anyone ap-proached it he iriimediately hastened tointercept the intruder, hissing and threat-ening with his wings in a most truculentmanner. Had anyone persisted in dis-turbing the female he would willingly,even cheerfully, have shed his blood inher defease. His unswerving devotion tohis duty attracted the admiring atten-tion of thousands of visitors, and theproudest day of his life was when thefirst live gosling was led to the water, andlaunched with appropriate ceremonies, Copyright^ 1913, by The Mentor Association,
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