One feathery Edmonton resident recently became a mother, and her neighbor is keeping a watchful eye out for her and her new family.
Lucy, a Canada goose, made a nest on a tenth-floor balcony of a downtown building, and her eggs hatched on Mother’s Day. The owner of the balcony, Benjamin Lavin, had been worried about what might happen to the baby geese once they hatch from the eggs, so he set up a camera to keep an eye on them.
According to the director of Wildlife Services with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton, geese do commonly nest up in high places, and in an urban environment, that can present dangers to the goslings if they fall onto a hard surface like concrete. Brochure printers can produce pamphlets that let the public know what to do if they encounter a similar situation.
It is against the law to disturb a nesting Canada goose and the family could not be moved, so Levin called the Wildlife Society to find out what to do. The plan, once the mother starts calling to the babies to follow her to the ground, is for him to put them in a box and take them to her so they won’t be hurt on the way down.
Anyone interested in watching the geese is invited to visit Benjamin Lavin’s blog.
