Related by Marriage: Don't encourage them.

Suburban Chicago, early Autumn 1980. Mr. Irene's Dad, Uncle D, and Danutė feed the pests.

Peaceful Ripples

Verona, Wisconsin, May 2015. Better ducks than geese.

Many-Species Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, May 3, 2015. Here's another image from one of last year's goose chases.

The ducks didn't mind the commotion.

Rest-Stop Reunion

Monticello, Wisconsin, October 19, 2015. The geese find a place to rest.

Duck!

Verona, Wisconsin, May 2, 2015. Let's film them while they're getting along.

Goose Chase

Verona, Wisconsin, May 3, 2015. We've been watching the crane couple for more than a month, and I wonder if hatching time approaches. The gestation time for Sandhill Crane eggs is 29 to 32 days; we saw the first mating dance on March 25. Papa Crane has grown more territorial with the problem goose. That makes me think the arrival time for the chicks is near.

We talk about the goose ...

... in Lithuanian:

Verona, Wisconsin, April 25, 2015. I say, "That goose is a problem." I hear my American accent when I listen to myself speak in Lithuanian.

We prefer geese not frequent our pond.

Verona, Wisconsin, April 20, 2015. We tolerate some feathered friends, but others should not approach our nest.

I'm focused on the goose.

Brookfield Zoo, May 1961. That's okay; I already looked at the camera today.

Rainy Reunion

Monticello, Wisconsin, October 19, 2014. Most wet areas attract the geese.

Related by Marriage: Don't feed the pests.

Suburban Chicago, early Autumn 1980. The geese persuade Mr. Irene's Mom.

Spring Scene

Suburban Chicago, May 1976. Keep an eye on your chicks.

"When I was a boy, all the best meat went to Moscow. … We used to say that Lithuania had exploding pigs. After the explosion, only the ears, tail and feet were left."

A guide explains Soviet-era life to a tourist bicycling through the "Baltic backwater."

 

Mom remembers how the Soviets exported Lithuanian products—butter, pork, and geese—to Russia. In turn, trucks labeled "Food for Starving Lithuania" arrived from the Soviet Union. The trucks were filled with watermelons.

Winter Geese

Brookfield Zoo, January 1970. I never outgrew the Children's Zoo.

It used to be unusual to see a goose in the "wild."

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, July 1962. A petting zoo featured Canadian Geese in its exhibit.