. Bird-lore . -r¥. ■),. ^ GEESE ATTRACTED TO A SMALL POND IN ONTARIO, CANADA, B\ ^ OF CORNBirds fed and cared for by Jack Minor the value of mated Geese I may state that the writer remembers the time, onlya few years back, when in North Carolina a pair of mated decoys would readilysell for $5, while an unmated Goose was worth only from 75 cents to Si. Aman who had a stool of two dozen Geese thought himself fortunate if he hadas many as four or five pairs that were mated. Canada Geese are supposed to keep their mates for life. However, it is butnatural that, with the recurrence of
. Bird-lore . -r¥. ■),. ^ GEESE ATTRACTED TO A SMALL POND IN ONTARIO, CANADA, B\ ^ OF CORNBirds fed and cared for by Jack Minor the value of mated Geese I may state that the writer remembers the time, onlya few years back, when in North Carolina a pair of mated decoys would readilysell for $5, while an unmated Goose was worth only from 75 cents to Si. Aman who had a stool of two dozen Geese thought himself fortunate if he hadas many as four or five pairs that were mated. Canada Geese are supposed to keep their mates for life. However, it is butnatural that, with the recurrence of spring, evidences of solicitation on the partof the gander should be most pronounced. At this season he goes through manyweird contortions of his neck, wings, and body, either with the evident in-tention of charming his mate or warning away any other lovelorn gander who Canada Goose 273 may wander near. Leaning forward, with necl: stretched to its full length andhead swaying only an inch or two from the ground, the bird
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