Canada goose raised in captivity adjusts to freedom but maintains friendship with human foster parent

Please click on image to ENLARGE July 30, 2008, photo.
Wayne Davis of rural Fayetteville pets a young Canada goose that he rescued a couple of months ago from a feral cat attack that left the rest of the brood of Canadas dead. The goose now flies to a nearby pond but flies back for security at night. Davis is expecting that it'll leave in another couple of months and begin interviewing potential mates among other younger-than-yearling honkers. Canada geese are known to mate for life, a rare and risky reproductive tactic in the natural world.


For more information on Canada geese, please use this link:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Branta_canadensis.html