05/31/2026
Loved seeing this...
As we were coming into the dock at Middle Dam, I saw "something" up on the bank. I have a nice telephoto lens on the 'good' camera 🙂 so I started snapping away to see what we were seeing. Turns out it was two sets of Canada geese with their new babies..... They immediately waddled down over the bank and into the water, ironically coming closer to us. What I so enjoyed seeing was the very defensive, “I'm going to rip you apart”, stances of the geese. Geese are often vocal but as I recall, and seem to see here, they were not honking like usual - just giving us (and probably Reese) the body language that we (the geese) CAN and WILL take you (probably more Reese) on. Again, we were not that close; just looks like we were. Ultimately, they swam past us and then were a lot more relaxed. Reese seemed to understand that these guys were not to be messed with, either she didn't perceive them as a danger for us, or she realized it was for her own good to not pay attention to these very on alert geesies!
Always something fun in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine!!! 💞💞💞
Rangeley, Maine (on May 26, 2026) 05.31.26