Goslings and Mother Goose

Goslings and Mother Goose


楓葉國的老表電郵來幾幅小小鵝的照片﹐很可愛都是初生的小小鵝。


在中國我們叫大雁﹐在加拿大﹐他們叫 Canadian Goose~~Goose 是“鵝”﹐是會飛的鵝 ﹐ 會形成“人”字形的飛行隊伍。


四月初它們就從美國南部飛返加拿大﹐五月孵出小鵝﹐到八月就長成一身羽毛﹐跟爸媽一樣﹐再學飛和學覓食﹐到九月尾十月初﹐就隨大隊 ﹐南飛到加勒比海﹐美國南部過冬。第二年四月初就飛返加拿大﹐當鵝爸爸鵝媽媽﹐孵出又一代的小鵝﹐週而復始。



荷李活把這個過程拍成電影﹐加入一些故事性橋段﹐很是感人的電影﹐叫【Fly Away Home】﹐是在加拿大旅遊時看到的。


Directed by: Carroll Ballard

Written by:
Bill Lishman, Robert Rodat, and Vince McKewin

Starring:

Jeff Daniels as Father

Anna Paquin as Daughter

Wikipedia: Fly away home







The Story Fly Away Home
After the accidental death of her beloved mother, fourteen year-old Amy (Anna Paquin) is bundled off to live with her estranged father (Jeff Daniels) and his new girlfriend . While struggling to adjust to her new life, Anna stumbles upon a nest of orphaned goose eggs and, after nurturing them until they hatch -- becomes the Mother Goose.




The geese thrive under Amy's loving care until an officious wildlife officer informs her father that it is illegal to raise wild geese without clipping their wings, Amy and her father can not bear to ground the flock. Instead, they must teach the flock to fly using a hang-gliders and modest flying skills. The father and daughter decide to attempt to lead this flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air to find their new home for the winter.


故事:
小女孩「愛美」的母親交通意外死亡﹐「愛美」去到加拿大安大略省投靠已離異的生父。初到陌生的地方﹐愛美無聊中發現一些鵝蛋﹐相信鵝爸爸媽媽已被殺害了﹐遂把鵝蛋帶回家﹐把蛋孵化出小鵝﹐愛美亦成為【鵝媽媽】﹐整天帶著小鵝到處跑!




小鵝日漸長大﹐生出羽毛﹐要學飛了﹐而且要到美國南部過冬。 父親和朋友遂展開一項﹐前所未有的飛行旅程﹐把小鵝帶往﹐美國彿吉尼亞州過冬。經過重重驚險﹐卒之大工告成﹐第二年春天﹐長大了的小鵝們﹐都飛回來了﹐見【鵝媽媽】。


送上一首: Beyond ~~~ 真的愛您
寫於07-05-13母親節



還有一些有關資料:
The film was loosely based on the real-life experiences of Bill Lishman, a Canadian inventor. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lishman openly wondered if geese and similar birds could be taught new migration patterns by following ultralight aircraft onto which they had been imprinted.

In 1993, after several years of logistical and bureaucratic setbacks, Lishman successfully led a flock of Canada Geese on a winter migration from Ontario, Canada to Northern Virginia, U.S.A. Of the sixteen birds that participated in the migration, thirteen returned to Ontario the following year - entirely on their own.

The project was called Operation Migration and was reported in Lishman's book, Father Goose: One Man, a Gaggle of Geese, and Their Real Life Incredible Journey South.



伸延閱覽:
Canada Goose ~ 雁行成数, 北雁南飛, 魚雁常通 微豆



攝映图片:
父母和七隻雁兒
小鵝的家庭 。