Poor mother goose

The building is suffering from goose withdrawal.

The goslings finally arrived. Of course they hatched over the weekend and silly me I didn't even bring my camera in yesterday "just in case" they were there. What a great Mother's Day present for mama goose, though I don't think geese celebrate mother's day. Still, a nice present. Just like Lana was a wonderful present for Posie last Mother's Day.

But apparently wildlife people got all concerned about the newly hatched chicks. Parents tend to drop them from wherever the nest is so they can all fly away to their new home. By new home I'm assuming Prince's Island Park since I see so many geese there. Back to the point. Baby goslings don't immediately have the skills to fly so often, when they have nested on the office buildings here downtown, the little geese don't survive the fall to the sidewalk.

Yesterday afternoon two ladies from the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary came to take the goose family to the sanctuary. The scene was chaotic, with a lot of us tenants watching the whole ordeal.

I don't think those wildlife people knew what they were doing. The goslings can't fly, but yet they went and grabbed them first. The frantic parents flew against the windows trying to get their family a way out. Papa freaked out and fled. Mama tried to tough it out but bailed on her babies eventually as well. She looked over them from on top of the plus-15, honking her heart out.

They ended up taking the goslings away without the parents. The whole building is depressed.

Some guy had his digital camera yesterday and took pictures of the family before all the drama went down. People are saying that he handed the images to Print Three and they're making copies for everyone.

I think people have too much time on their hands.