An Earls restaurant at the East End of Regina welcomed two new guests who recited the eggs during the long weekend.
Last month, the staff found that a Canadian goose had been located in a pot near the entrance of the restaurant and put seven eggs.
“It was a bit like, what do I do?” Sarah Groff said general manager of the Earls location.
He immediately approached the Saskatchewan Wildlife Rescue Society (WRSOS) to see what steps should take, taking into account the laws on migratory birds.
Earls staff decided to put a fence around the mother and her seven eggs to protect them until they criticized.
In the last five weeks, the goose calmed down and got used to people entering and leaving the restaurant, Groff said.
Groff even gave mother twigs to help build her nest.
Finally, on Saturday, two of the seven babies separated from their shells. Unfortunately, the other five were not viable.
“She had jumped out of the nest, she got the [two] Babies out of the nest, and then we started the walk to the water behind Houston Pizza. “
Once everyone arrived in the water, Groff released babies in the water, with his mother and his father following closely.
Groff said freeing the baby’s geese was “absolutely surreal.”
“Actually, we really prioritize, just making sure that everything met and that they were immediately in the water and very happy,” he said.
Bonnie Dell, executive director of Wrsos, said that the configuration of Earls personnel could not have been better for the “Little Goose family.”
“He put the fence, spoke with his staff, put a real security camera in front of the nest and placed a very good sign,” he said.
Moving a nest with eggs can have serious consequences, Dell said.
“If I had tried to move the pot, I could have scared the mother enough to have taken off and simply leave the nest.”
Eliminating a goose could also lead to a “very steep” fine, since these birds are protected by the Migration Bird Convention Law (MBCA).
“It is for each bird, except basically, sparrows and pigeons of the house,” Dell said.
She said that for the protected birds under the MBCA, a nest cannot be removed until the entire nesting process is finished and babies have flown.
Any unwanted nest must be eliminated as soon as the mother begins to build it, when nesting materials can be easily removed.
Dell was not surprised to hear that the goose chose to nest in the restaurant of the east end.
She said more birds, such as geese, are choosing unlikely places throughout the city to build their nests.
“We had more reports this year of people who were very happy to leave them in the place they selected outside their business,” Dell said.
“It’s a great place for a goose. It’s on the ground, it’s in amplitude.
After a successful nesting season, Groff said he hopes to see the Goesos family again next spring.
“We have Mama Earlette and we call dad Earl,” Groff said.
“I would definitely say that it has become a face of our location and, and we feel very, very honest for that.”
