geese

By the entrance to lake of the pines in Auburn CA is a lake where this goose and a white domesticated  goose occupy.  I see them most every day as I pass the lake. This one I named Alfie because he reminds me of a goose named Alfie that we had when the kids were young and still with us. Alfie was a Lesser (a Canadian Honker that is smaller.) Sadly he was attacked by one of our pet poodles and was damaged so bad that we had to put him away.  If you can notice the wing is hanging down and he is unable to fly but for a short distance.   

    The white goose I named Aflac because of the commercial on T V.  These two geese are together all the time.  It is a mystery how Aflac came to be at the small lake, but Alfie must have been hurt by some animal or maybe hit by a car. When I took these pictures there were about a dozen Honkers there visiting the pair probably for a New Year party since it was Dec 31st .