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Kinderchick:
Yes, at about 10:30 AM Winnipeg time, we noticed that Mama Goose had left her eggs for about 20 mins. She's back on her eggs now. Sure do hope a few chicks will hatch, but not sure how long they can be left uncovered in the snow and still survive. :-\ If they were all frozen and none were viable, would Mother Goose know that and then abandon her nest? ??? Is she still incubating because she "knows" that there are some still alive? ??? Can she tell by the sound and the smell? ???

carly:
Oh poor mom, hang in there girl!  :-\

The Peregrine Chick:
Not sure, but I think I would prefer to be on eggs than trying to keep new chicks alive in this weather ..... here's our mom on her eggs still ... hang in there Mom ...

Elaine L:
Goosecam is back up!  Mom has likely gone off to get something to eat.  I don't know how many eggs are left, but from what the online chatters say, there are only 6 left, as 2 broke over the course of the last few days.  But looking at the nest now, and of course it is really hard to tell with all the snow, there only seems to be 4.  I hope the remaining eggs, however many there are, are o.k.

Elaine L:
The Edmonton Journal had an online chat with all the goose-watchers yesterday afternoon, and the wildlife expert on the chatline said that neckpecker had left the building.  Apparently, he and his mate had chicks that hatched last week, so they are gone, but now there are other geese in the vicinity who are in the process of hatching their eggs, so there is still some territorial conflict, only so far not as bad as the neckpecker gander. 

This morning the camera went down because of the weather here (lots of wet snow, wind, limited visibility, but it is not cold (temp. about 1 degree Celsius)), and Mom Goose was covered in it.  So now we have to wait for the photographer, Bruce Edwards, to get the camera up and running again, which he says he will do, he hopes with as little inconvenience to Mom as possible.  We will have to wait and see if the camera is working again later this morning.  Meanwhile, I hope our Mother Goose is comfortable and is able to keep her eggs warm; at least with goose down, that should not be too difficult.

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