They've hatched!
Canada Geese are social beings from the start!
My husband and I spent Saturday at Tiny Marsh, a wildlife area an hour or so north of where we live. The day started out chilly and windy, but as the day wore on the sun came out. No matter the weather, goslings and their parents were out and about. LOTS of them!
The goslings in the photo above are NOT one family. Geese sometimes lay as many as 12 eggs but usually five to seven. Hey, apparently it takes a little over a day to lay each egg!
A family with five goslings
Newly hatched goslings can swim right away. Mom and pop both accompany their babies when they go for a swim.
Canada geese remain in flocks except while nesting
Almost extinct a century ago, Canada geese are often considered pests in urban areas now. That's why parks put up signs urging people to NOT feed the geese.
FYI: The oldest known Canada goose lived for a little more than 30 years.
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That is quite a crew of goslings!
ReplyDeleteTo me it is exciting to this years goslings.
ReplyDeleteThat first shot is cuteness overload! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute to see so many goslings all together! Great photos.
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE this they are so cute and cuddly well not really but you get the point I am pretty sure Mom and Dad would never let you close enough to them. Great shots. Thank you. B
ReplyDeleteAh yes, there was a family of them on the tee box this past weekend. The mother and father hissed at me as I was teeing off. This is the only time they look cute to me...
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute. I captured some photos of goslings too.
ReplyDeletethat first shot of all those babies is just amazing and beautiful... they are so beautiful, the mama and papa and babies get a big awwwww
ReplyDeletesuch tiny little things!
ReplyDeleteOh I love to see those fluffy little guys! Terrific captures.
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts about Canadian geese. I had no idea they could swim right after hatching. Enjoyed the photos very much!
ReplyDeleteThose little goslings are so cute!
ReplyDeleteThose are real gaggles there! I know they're a pest in many parts, but the goslings are adorable:)
ReplyDeleteAdorable!!! Love the little soslings. Also like Ryan Gosling as well;) If you were a birder, that would be a cool last name. I don't think he is:)
ReplyDeleteThey are so gosh darn cute at that stage...just amazing to see so many little fluff balls. (I have quite a love-hate relationship with the grown Canada Geese that share park space with us when we are in Oregon. I like that they are faithful partners and good parents. But I hate the mess they leave.)
ReplyDeleteHOW sweet they are, oh my.. I have never seen them as small as these are! =)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! =)
Those are cute (though I am in the geese-are-nuisances camp). I saw some ducks and geese and some newly hatched babies today and couldn't decide if they were goose chicks or duck chicks.
ReplyDeleteThose little goslings are adorable. i have watched geese families and it seems they are very good parents.
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute when they are little.
ReplyDeleteWHat adorable shots!
ReplyDeleteThats some family - I have enough problems with two!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Gorgeous family, I love those babies!Your pictures are adorable!
ReplyDeleteLéia
What an adorable sight!
ReplyDeleteCute ones!
neat. didn't know they were nearly extinct or that they lived so long.
ReplyDeleteAnd have a very evolved social order. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't get much cuter than that!
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They are so cute. I am waiting anxiously for some scenes like this at our local lake.
ReplyDeleteGoslings are just so cute...I love that first pic with so many of them.
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