Canadian Geese Nesting in a Tree

[Bowhunter57]

I've never heard of Canadian Geese nesting in trees or even sitting on a branch of a tree. I was up at the Maumee River, this past Thursday and noticed a nesting pair of Canadian Geese that were nesting in a double trunk of a Cottonwood, that was busted off on one side. There's no way those goslings are going to live in that tree until they get their feathers to fly out, like Wood Duck ducklings do. There over the land near the bank and have a solid 50 feet to drop to the ground. Weird!

 

[jagermeister]

Yep, they actually do this more often than most people realize. I've also seen them nest on top of buildings and in abandoned eagle nests.

And BTW, they're CANADA geese... not Canadian.

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

They need deported!

 

[Curran]

Maybe they identify as wood ducks? Don’t assume their species subfamily!

“Most species belong to one of two subfamilies: Anatinae or Anserinae. Notice the suffix for subfamily here is “nae.” The subfamily Anatinae includes most of the birds that you and I call ducks. The other major subfamily, Anserinae, includes most of what we call geese as well as all of the swans.”

 

["J"]

Maybe they identify as wood ducks? Don’t assume their species subfamily!

“Most species belong to one of two subfamilies: Anatinae or Anserinae. Notice the suffix for subfamily here is “nae.” The subfamily Anatinae includes most of the birds that you and I call ducks. The other major subfamily, Anserinae, includes most of what we call geese as well as all of the swans.”

And much like turkeys, they’re stooopid!