Goose on the roof EDITED
@1creekgirl (43204)
United States
April 4, 2025 7:29pm CST
A few days ago our daughter Tammy heard something on the roof of their house. They kept trying to find out what it was and when they went outside to investigate, they saw a goose on the roof of the house!
They couldn't figure out how in the world a goose got up there. Maybe from the bad storms that came through recently? Maybe the goose was injured in flight?
I think Tammy or her husband Jay called an animal rehab and the local animal control department, but not much heard about it.
Today, she sent us a photo. The goose on the roof is a mama and she's built a nest up there!
I'll try to get the photo to load later. Dale said that goose didn't think this thing through. How's she gonna get those babies down? They might be safe from predators up there, but probably not once they're on the ground.
And where's her mate? Geese mate for life. It's all funnily bizarre, but the strangest thing we've seen in quite a while.
Any info you know about geese?
Years ago we had a goose couple at the pond behind our house. Dale named them Romeo and Juliette. They had a little gosling that Dale named Art. As in where for art thou.
I guess Tammy has to be Grandmother Goose.
EDIT: Dale said that geese can't fly from a standing still position, they need a short "run way."
from Google search: "Geese typically don't take off for flight from a completely standing position; they run and flap their wings to gain lift."
So now I'm wondering how that goose on the roof is going to get down.
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@xFiacre (13403)
• Ireland
5 Apr
@1creekgirl I love geese though they can be vicious. Never seen one on a roof though.
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@snowy22315 (187178)
• United States
5 Apr
Interesting.Is it a Canadian goose? And I thought having a squirrel in the skylight was weird!
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@snowy22315 (187178)
• United States
5 Apr
@1creekgirl No, iIt was lying on top of it. I tapped iT from the inside with a broom and he scattered.
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@1creekgirl (43204)
• United States
5 Apr
I'm not sure what kind of goose it is. It's really cool, though.
Did you have a squirrel in your skylight? How in the world did it get in there? How did you get it out?
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@kareng (71681)
• United States
17h
@1creekgirl Keep us posted. Interesting nesting spot..ha!
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@Deepizzaguy (108222)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Apr
Very interesting story of a goose landing on a roof of your daughter's house.
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@1creekgirl (43204)
• United States
22h
It's almost like one of the stories you post, George!
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@kaylachan (76540)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Apr
Animals are often smarter then we give them credit for.
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@RebeccasFarm (93409)
• United States
23h
How unusual..there are way too many geese here and a lot have bird flu where I live.
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@1creekgirl (43204)
• United States
22h
Oh my, has the bird flu infected chicken there?
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@RasmaSandra (83581)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18h
That is wonderful a goose mama with a nest. Can she stay on the roof awhile or do animal rescue people have to remove her and place her and the nest somewhere safe?
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@moffittjc (123455)
• Gainesville, Florida
18h
I'm thinking that maybe momma goose can use the downward slope of the roof as a sort of runway to pick up speed and take flight. But I still don't know how the babies are going to fare since they can't fly right away after hatching. It's going to be interesting, and hopefully you'll give us updates.
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@1creekgirl (43204)
• United States
1h
For some reason she thought it was a safe place for a nest above predators.
@GardenGerty (162928)
• United States
22h
Some entertainment there. I guess you will have more to post as the days go by. Nature is much better to watch than the news.
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@LindaOHio (185776)
• United States
5 Apr
That's a good question. Where is her mate? And how is she going to get the little ones off the roof? I think they need some intervention from an animal group.
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@MarieCoyle (42380)
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5 Apr
I live in a townhouse village. We have a pond and a lake here. We also are the home for a huge number of Canadian geese, but trust me, they were born here and they never leave, not even in the winter! They fly in and out constantly to go to another nearby lake. There is usually at least a few of them perched on our rooftops on a daily basis.
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