Natural History Wanderings

Oregon Public Broadcasting reported

It’s spring — the time when birds nest and lay eggs. And outside Portland, one unusual nesting pair has attracted the attention of birders drawn to a story of love across differences. It’s also a story about loss, and a lesson in the peculiarities of nature.

There are a lot of geese at the Blue Lake Regional Park along the Columbia River in Fairview. So rangers weren’t surprised when they found a nesting Canada goose — large, with a black beak and black and white face — near some picnic benches early in the season.

But there was something strange about the other goose guarding the nest. It was small, grayish brown, with a yellow beak and white face.

Read story and see video at An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders – OPB