Hey What Are You Doing in My Bed?

 

 

As we all know Mom and DM2 (Decorah Eagles) moved from N2B to N3 where we can not see them.  This is the second season they are not at N2B. 

 

Well apparently a pair of Canadian Geese have found the empty nest and moved in.  The first egg was laid this morning.  Needless to say this will be interesting as Mom and DM2 are often found eating at the  nest. I wonder what will happen.  Eagles are known to eat geese, espcially when they find weak ones.  So stay tuned to see what happens. I know I will be watching.

 

 The gestation period of geese takes about 28 to 30 days after the last egg is laid for geese eggs to hatch. Eggs from larger species of geese may take as long as 35 days. A goose lays eggs early in the morning and may lay eggs for several days before she goes broody. This means that she stops laying and starts to incubate and care for her eggs.

The number of eggs she lays varies. Canadian geese in the wild typically lay four to nine eggs. Other types of geese may lay a clutch of 12 to 15 eggs. While it takes several days for geese to lay the full clutch of eggs, the development of the eggs is stalled until the goose starts incubating the eggs. This helps ensure the eggs develop at the same time, but it can still take one to three days for all of the eggs to hatch after the incubation period.