The Nest

Located in downtown Edmonton is a sculpture known as Big Rock. Recently some Canadian Geese chose to build a nest on top of it. So we decided to go down and check it out. The sculpture is made of three large granite stones with a small tree on top. It was erected in 1995

[Anne Pancella]

Seems like such a high place for them to nest!

[Diana]

Great shots of this unusual place and nest.

[moni kozi]

Quite interesting

[Lesley]

This is so interesting and unusual. It stands out so well in its urban surroundings.

[PhylM-S]

So cool!

[JackieR]

Clever Canada geese!! Is the tree plastic?? Are the geese undisturbed??

[Wylie]

It must be convincing for the geese to move in!

[Valerie Chesney]

Unusual structure &the geese must think this quite cool to build a nest..

[Brian Moody]

That’s one big rock. Good nest site, safe from ground predators

[Ian George]

Interesting shot

[Dione Giorgio]

Cool sculpture. Is the nest still there?

[Fr1da]

Amazing story !

[Mags]

Wonderful shots and great narrative!

[LManning (Laura)]

Very enterprising geese! Great shots.

[Yoland]

Nice safe place for the geese, great find

[Harry J Benson]

They are large, thanks for adding the people to give us a sense of scale

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It is so interesting looking.

[Kathie]

Interesting. Is there enough room for the roots as the tree grows?

[Fisher Family]

Well, it's an unusual place for a nest, but the Canadian Geese should be quite safe up there. Nice shots.

Ian

[Bep]

Interesting spot for a nest.

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful collage of this interesting place

[Margaret Brown]

It’s certainly tall and I can imagine it’s a great place for a nest!!

[Michelle]

They must have felt safe being that high up away from predators

[Bill]

I hope they raise a big successful family. Lovely picture.

[haskar]

So cool. Interesting story.

[Pat Knowles]

Well the Canadian geese are nesting so high up & not in exactly a private place....incredible!

[Jacqueline]

Clever birds!

[Gosia]

Interesting

[Kathy]

Cool sculpture. Is the tree sculpture or real and growing up there?

[Steve Mueller]

Nice capture!

[gloria jones]

Neat photos

[wendy frost]

A great sculpture and the geese think so as well a des. res. for the new chicks.

[Kathy B.]

fun photo trip!

[bkb in the city]

@annepann Anne it certainly is quite high up

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana

[bkb in the city]

@monikozi Glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@tinley23 Lesley it certainly does

[bkb in the city]

@elatedpixie Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Jackie the tree is real and no one is disturbing the geese

[bkb in the city]

@pusspup Wylie they certainly appear to like the spot

[bkb in the city]

@happysnaps Yes Valerie they certainly must

[bkb in the city]

@brianm Brian that could be the reason they chose the spot

[bkb in the city]

@nodrognai Ian i trust you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Yes Dione it is still there

[bkb in the city]

@fr1da Glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@marlboromaam Thanks Mags glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@yoland Yes Yoland it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Harry you're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn it certainly is unique

[bkb in the city]

@kathiecb Kathie yes there is

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@gijsje Yes Bep it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Nina glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg Margaret the geese certainly seem to like it

[bkb in the city]

@bigmxx Yes Michelle l am sure they feel very safe

[bkb in the city]

@bill_gk Bill glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@haskar Haskar glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Pat this is the first time the geese have used this sculpture

[bkb in the city]

@jacqbb Yes Jacqueline they certainly are

[bkb in the city]

@gosia Gosia I trust you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy it is real

[bkb in the city]

@srmueller Thanks Steve

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Wendy glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@kathybriccetti Kathy glad to share this with you

[Mary Siegle]

Edmonton certainly has a lot of wonderful public art — sculptures, murals etc! How cool that the geese are nesting up there on this piece.

[bkb in the city]

@mcsiegle Mary this is the first time geese have used this sculpture

[4rky]

Bet they have a great view :)

[bkb in the city]

@4rky Yes I am sure they do