Roosevelt Island Geese Hatch New Family at FDR Four Freedoms Park – Will Geese Family Still Be At Park For June $10 Thousand Dollar Ticket Summer Garden Party Fundraiser?

Image Of Roosevelt Island Geese With Babies From Irina Hage The Geese Family nesting at the Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park have some new members. Stephanie Rohlfs shares this picture

Image From Stefanie Rohlfs and reports:

The goslings hatched! We got a few snaps of them when we were walking in Four Freedoms Park. We could not get too close because papa gosling was hissing at us mad-like.

Irina Hage snapped this photo and the one at top of page

Image From Irina Hage remarking:

The new Resident on our Island. They are so cute!

Denise Shull shares these pictures and adds:

Can you believe these and the twisted priority of Four Freedoms Park Conservancy – “Please excuse our barricades” – REALLY?? What happened to Please marvel at this miracle of nature? (Look closely in the 3rd picture to see just that).

Images From Denise ShullThe FDR Park barricade sign says:

Please excuse our temporary barricades.

A mother Canada goose is currently nesting under one of our Littleleaf Linden Trees. The father Canada goose is protecting the nest and can be very aggressive.

To protect both the goose family and our visitors we have barricaded the nest until the eggs hatch. Please respect the barricades and follow the directions of Four Freedoms Park Rangers during this time.

Did you know the FDR Park Conservancy is holding a Summer Garden Party fundraiser on June 4. Tickets range from $250 to $10 Thousand. Will they allow people to eat and drink on their Kahn “Sacred Space” at the fundraiser? As one Roosevelt Island resident put it:

No food and drink in the Park — unless you buy a $250 ticket to a fundraiser.

Wonder how much the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp ( RIOC ) will charge the FDR Park Conservancy for this event?