😄 See A Farm Goose (Toulouse) Who FLIES With His Family ❤

Sir Hillary is a domesticated Toulouse goose. For several years he lived every day at a pond, at the city park on the river. But, last year he decided to have a family with a wild Canada goose. He was always so sad when the babies, who are half Canada goose, learned to fly at about 4-5 months old, and would fly away with the flock and leave him alone here. 😢 At first, his mate would stay here with him, but eventually, even she began flying away with the rest of the Canada geese to spend the night elsewhere. When they would take off, Sir Hillary ran along the ground after them, wings outstretched, and he would cry and cry so sadly as they disappeared over the horizon. Sometimes they would be gone for several days at a time. "Sir" was so depressed and not interesting in eating or being social with anyone when he was left behind. He would just sit by the shore and wait for them, scanning the sky and calling at any passing geese, hoping they might be his family. Sir didn't yet know that he could fly. He'd never had to. His breed of goose is used to living on farms, and have a heavier build, and they usually don't fly at all. But, Sir got tired of being lonely and missing his babies! So, one day, he decided to try to fly, and he discovered that he could fly! ❤ Now, Sir Hillary flies all around the river, between the city park, this private park, and other locations with his family, and he is very happy. 🙂

Last Spring (2020), he had a total of 4 babies, but one was just weeks old when it was reported stolen by children at the city park, and is presumed dead. A second one disappeared that Winter, several months after reaching flying age, and has not been seen in almost a year. This year, he and his mate hatched a total of 6 babies, and all 6 made it and are flying with him today. His two surviving 1-year-olds from last year are still with him today too, and they helped to protect their younger siblings this year. In total, they are a family of 10, and Sir Hillary now has his own little flock all to himself. Two years ago, he only had two other goose friends that had lived with him at the park for several years after being dumped there. Now he has a great big family of his own ❤

In the first seconds of the video, after "C'mon Hillary" and before "Come here girl", as they fly over you can hear him call back to me a single time, to let me know he's coming. His call is different than the familiar honking of the Canada geese in the background. This video was also taken at a time when it was still believed that "Sir" was a female. It was later proven that Sir was indeed the gander of the couple. He had initially been named "Hillary" by the owner of the RV park, to which I then amended to "Sir Hillary".

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