Goslings!

[yourlibrarian]

We have seen two different batches of baby geese in the past few weeks. One of them is getting so big they'll be popping out adult feathers soon. Here's a recap.




Spotted the geese out strolling down our sidewalk. Mom decided to take a dip but the babies were clearly unsure about this. They had already grown since we first saw them!





With none of the babies apparently willing to take the leap, Momma came back out of the water.





With Mom back out of the water, everyone returns to snacking.



A week or so later we saw the second batch of goslings!

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

Look at the goslings go!

[yourlibrarian]

The little legs!

[shirebound]

I can almost hear them cheeping!

Your second photo is calendar-worthy.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! I did like the way the sunset colors reflected in the water.

[shadowkat]

Excellent pics of goslings. Those are hard to get - without fear of being attacked by the Mama Goose.

[yourlibrarian]

True! We were quite far away so we were able to get candids 😉

[shadowkat]

So, excellent camera? Because mine won't do that.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, we have a Canon EOS. I've had a Canon since high school -- the digital ones aren't as longlasting unfortunately. I had my first one until 2002 and it was still working, but got stolen. I've been through 3 digitals since then.

[adafrog]

lol Love that they said no way, no how to getting in the water.

[yourlibrarian]

Right? Made me laugh too.

[apachefirecat]

That second shot in particular is BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for sharing this! My husband's going to love it! :)

[yourlibrarian]

Oh nice!

[vriddy]

These all are lovely but I really like that second picture in particular!!

[yourlibrarian]

It seems to be popular!

[vriddy]

I thought it was the sky at first which gave it a special kind of atmosphere, but the fact that it's the sky reflected on still water is just... I don't know, it's really cool :D Great shot!!

[yourlibrarian]

I like it too, though I wish that the warm weather hadn't brought the algae to the surface already.

[quamquam20]

This is precious. Beautiful pictures of them by the water!

[yourlibrarian]

Fuzzy gosling butts!

[pauraque]

Lovely pics!

[yourlibrarian]

Glad you enjoyed!

[sparowe]

Adorable! And the water shots in particular are just lovely. :)

[yourlibrarian]

They're fun to watch 🙂

[turlough]

Awwww, so many adorable fluff balls!! I just love the photos of them looking suspiciously at the wet stuff their mum is floating on.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, those little craned necks and sideways glances 😄

[silveradept]

Fuzzy babies! Love them, and good pictures with good zoom, I'm guessing, since a grown-up goose was present?

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, exactly! There were 2 but the other was out of frame.

[scintilla10]

Oh, I especially love that second photo!

So fun to see the little fuzzballs growing. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Yup there are a lot of Canada geese in our area and some of them are already developing adult feathers and are getting big.

[miscellaneous_section]

They're the cutest green fuzzballs on the block! :D

[yourlibrarian]

They grow up so fast though, that the newest fuzzballs keep superseding them.

[miscellaneous_section]

Yeah, I know! It's crazy how fast they grow. :O