Well, the goose appears to be gone - haven't seen it for a couple days. So perhaps it was mourning a lost mate, who knows... We did have a little duck family down there for a bit but I never had my camera with me and they were also apparently just on a stop-over and are now gone. I'm pretty OK with that - much as I like to see the little babies, I'm glad no ducks/geese have adopted our pond as a year-round home which I understand can get quite messy. Just wish I had a better camera for those long shots.
