07-11-2006, 09:57 AM
Aloha Puna People,
The whole nene goose importation topic was just because I had noticed they were available for sale from a place in Oklahoma and was astonished about that. I wasn't planning on actually importing any Nene since it would likely cause trouble - especially between trying to determine which were the imported "domestic" nene and which were the "wild" endangered nene (not that I have any of those in my back yard) and it would have caused excessive confusion somewhere, I'm sure! I'm actually hoping to get a few Pilgrim geese to graze around in the back yard. They are supposed to be a smallish, docile fairly quiet goose that will eat grass. However, it doesn't look like there are any available anywhere this year, so maybe next year.
In the meantime there are chickens and guinea hens to populate the bird feeder.
A hui hou,
Cathy
The whole nene goose importation topic was just because I had noticed they were available for sale from a place in Oklahoma and was astonished about that. I wasn't planning on actually importing any Nene since it would likely cause trouble - especially between trying to determine which were the imported "domestic" nene and which were the "wild" endangered nene (not that I have any of those in my back yard) and it would have caused excessive confusion somewhere, I'm sure! I'm actually hoping to get a few Pilgrim geese to graze around in the back yard. They are supposed to be a smallish, docile fairly quiet goose that will eat grass. However, it doesn't look like there are any available anywhere this year, so maybe next year.
In the meantime there are chickens and guinea hens to populate the bird feeder.
A hui hou,
Cathy
Kurt Wilson