Just think how many times waterfowl have flared out of range while you were hunting because of movement in the blind or the glint of a shotgun barrel.
Their acute vision also aids in detecting potential danger from predators, including hunters. The ability of waterfowl to recognize visual cues is important in almost every aspect of their lives, from finding their way around a marsh to navigating great distances between breeding, staging, and wintering areas. Waterfowl compensate by moving their head rapidly from side to side, allowing the birds to observe an object with one eye from two different angles in quick succession, which creates a three-dimensional picture. However, this ability comes at a price-reduced depth perception. The structure of the eye in waterfowl allows the birds to see objects in fine detail two and a half to three times farther away than humans can. Ducks and geese can also see a much broader spectrum of colors-spanning from near-ultraviolet to red-than people do.īecause their eyes are located on the sides of their head, waterfowl have panoramic vision, which enables them to see almost everything around them at once. Whether in the air or on the marsh, waterfowl rely more on sight than any other sense. Read along as we explore the acuity and utility of the five senses in waterfowl, and how these faculties help ensure the birds' survival throughout their amazing annual journeys. But in waterfowl these abilities are highly adapted to the environments in which the birds live. But I think if we’ll just take a little more time to take an extra careful look we might-metaphorically speaking-see a goose trying to take care of a duck’s eggs.Ducks and geese have the same five senses that people do. “I think we live in world right now where it’s really pretty easy to dismiss one another and to judge each other. John says the lesson he learned from their goose neighbor has since become clear. And over the last few weeks, the way neighbors view him has changed and he’s become something of a celebrity in the neighborhood. He’s still keeping a close eye on mama duck and her ducklings but has abandoned his attacks on humans. And they’ve set out a new sign that now describes him as the “insanely devoted goose.” That feeling was magnified when after five long weeks, the eggs hatched and they saw Gangsta escort not baby geese, but a mama duck and 12 ducklings to the water. “As I kind of got a better feel for who he was and what he was trying to do, I just had different feelings that evolved,” John said. It is just what it is,” Narelle added.īut over time something changed in John and Narelle’s relationship with the goose. “Yeah, we’re not going to sue him for it. “And I don’t hold Gangster liable for that,” John said jokingly. He slammed his elbow on the ground and plans to get it checked out at the doctor’s office. On one occasion, John tripped and fell trying to scramble into his home. “Oh, we saw people being attacked,” Narelle said. They learned he didn’t like umbrellas and John found himself on several occasions running out of the front door, an umbrella in hand, to help a child trying to get by. The Canaan’s captured several interactions showing Gangsta hiss and run or fly after people who attempted to pass. He was protecting a nest in the bushes in their front yard. But the Canaan’s made their own signs along the trail warning passersby of a “dangerous” and “insane” goose.īut it didn’t take long before they realized Gangsta wasn’t just being mean. The HOA caught wind of what was happening and put up a sign. His aggressive behavior over time earned him the nickname ‘Gangsta’. “He was flying about 800 miles an hour directly toward my son,” John said of one incident. And the Canaan’s watched as the goose chased off unsuspecting joggers, walkers and cyclists using the trail. That night and the next day the goose remained in front of their home, where a paved trail runs past, separating homes from a lake. “John comes running back into the house with one shoe on, one shoe off, his hat’s out here and he’s like, ‘I just got chased by a goose!’” Narelle said. The goose began standing guard outside of Narelle and John Canaan’s home last month. SOUTH JORDAN, Utah - A goose that spent five weeks terrorizing a South Jordan neighborhood has become something of a celebrity after neighbors learned what the bird was guarding.
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