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Spring is upon us, which is certainly not obvious by looking outside today. As I found out on my walk today it’s wet, very wet. And yet, the signs of spring are all around. I was stopped on the floating walkway at the arboretum today by angry honking behind me and when I turned around to look I found a Canada Goose disagreement. One pair had sailed a bit too close to another pair’s territory. The owners of that patch of island did no tolerate it and when the angry honks didn’t stop the invaders the pair pursued them. It didn’t get very physical, a little bit of charging and wing flapping was all it took to send the other pair back the opposite direction.
In the same area, the swallows were back swooping over the bay again and while I watched a pigeon flew down and landed on the hand rail by me. It then hopped down to a wooden platform where it picked through some branches before selecting one and flying up under the 520 highway. With all the construction vehicles driving over the bridge I can’t imagine it’s a very peaceful place to build a nest.
