This Canada goose made itself comfy in a hawk nest built in an aspen a few miles east of Elko. I was surprised she'd claimed it as her own, but according to A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds by Colin Harrison, "The nest is usually by water...rarely it may be on a raised site, a rock ledge, tree-stump, broken tree-trunk, or even the old nest of a large raptor." The goslings will have quite a jump. (Click on pic to enlarge.)
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June 5, 2008
Quite the View for Canada Goose
This Canada goose made itself comfy in a hawk nest built in an aspen a few miles east of Elko. I was surprised she'd claimed it as her own, but according to A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds by Colin Harrison, "The nest is usually by water...rarely it may be on a raised site, a rock ledge, tree-stump, broken tree-trunk, or even the old nest of a large raptor." The goslings will have quite a jump. (Click on pic to enlarge.)
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