Freezout Lake offers views of huge migrating flocks on Front

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3. We have a pair that nest at our pond in Pennsylvania every year.

They have been here for about a week now. They were late arriving this year. They usually hatch out their young around May 12th every year. Actually, I think the pair here now are grandchildren of the first pair that made this their summer home. Once the goslings are half grown they allow other geese to land here. Until then, they are very territorial except they allow the ducks that live here year round to swim in half the lake. They know we throw corn out every day for the ducks and once the young are hatched, they come up to the house to eat along with the ducks. We usually get starter mash for the young ones. In the fall, our yard is the gathering spot for all the geese. Each day more arrive until there are well over a hundred geese feeding on the lush grass. Then one group at a time they trumpet their marching orders and take off to circle the pond and form a vee. By the end of the day, all are gone. And usually within days it starts turning cold.