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yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2022-05-10 06:14 pm

First Goslings of the Season



While on a walk recently I was briefly chased by a goose, which was a little baffling until I saw a batch of goslings near a retention pond. Overprotective much?

So when I saw two geese by our lake, seemingly standing at attention, I suspected babies might be about. Sure enough, I spotted three of them when I hauled out the camera. I was particularly pleased to capture the bottom photo when two of the babies started running to join the third which had started wandering off.



Also a few more pics:



From last month when this duck couple was scouting out nest locations. (Wherever the nest went, it wasn't apparently behind those trees).



A view of petals clogging the gutters.