Goslings again

[jbanana]

This isn't the best photo, but I enjoyed the contrast with the previous picture I posted here.

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The goslings are the three on the left, with one of the parents on the right. There are 40 days between the two pictures, so they've grown at a huge rate.

They've also managed to survive. On the same lake the coots lost about half their chicks, the Egyptian geese lost their only gosling, the two swan families have both lost cygnets. A fisherman we talked to blamed the pike.

Comments

[shirebound]

That's a lovely shot. They look so relaxed and at home.

[yourlibrarian]

It's so great watching the families appear. The babies do have a high mortality rate, and I remember someone around here suggested it was down to the carp as well as hawks and foxes.

[cmcmck]

Great pic!

The survival rates for waterfowl don't tend to be high sadly.

One pair of local swans had five cygnets and they are now down to two who I think will make it. Pike are in our local pools too so that's good reasoning.