I am sorry to say this but the answer to your question is simply bad luck.
I have noticed that all over. Less babies then last year.
They were there. I walked the trail last week and saw a few. Not sure why they weren't all over the place like normal. I kinda wonder if the eggs were laid late due to weather conditions.
We wondered the same thing as we drove through. But then we saw a few.
We saw a number of them, plus evidence like a goose sitting on a nest in the distance.
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