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#goslings

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NorfolkGreg

@PKYo @mlanger
I generally agree with @PKYO's assessment of the various species mentioned.

#Canada #Geese certainly announce their arrival on our lake with a lot of noise, but in the last few weeks, i.e. during the #breeding #season, they are very much warning noises at the newcomers, meaning the local pair don't want others around.

We don't feed swans, but some occupiers of the neighbouring #holiday #cottages do and the result is that, outside of the breeding season, the swans spend a lot of the time on the lawn by the gates onto their patios, 10 yards or more from the water.

Swans are certainly protective of their young. If they've raised their young on our lake they will kill any #goslings that the geese hatched three or four weeks earlier. The geese will then depart early instead of waiting till their flight feathers have regrown when they would then normally depart (in September) with their young, not to return till January.

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TAVAlonia

On our pre brunch walk this morning, we came across these geese and huddled goslings, with the sentry goose on the opposite side of the bike path.
When the sentry started to walk over to tell us the back off I noticed the fishing line entangling its legs, hobbling it.
I reached out to a friend who volunteers with Safe Wings Ottawa and she was eventually able to connect me with an available goose wrangler.
The recording at Safe Wings is a bit sad as they are overstretched, but these good folk still have a network of people willing to take time to assist Ottawa feathered friends in need.
The goose has since been helped and I once again admire the spirit and helpfulness of some awesome humans.
I am still very angry about fishing line being left in the river to cause trouble with wildlife.
#BirdsOfMastodon #canadianGeese #wildlife #goslings.

Three Canadian geese facing the water and a huddled mass of goslings mid frame
A sentry goose with head down to show warning on approach to protect the babies
The sentry goose standing between the photographers and the goose family, fishing line entangled around its legs
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Rasta

One year, something disturbed an egg, it rolled out of the nest & she hatched an odd number that year.
Her goslings have had their own nests; last count, a few years back, there were 52 in one flock and 35 in another.

They go elsewhere when grown. Thankfully.

#Thread #Birds #Goslings #Geese
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Rasta

Going back a week, here's how they know I'm no threat?
As she brings her tiny venerable Goslings up into my yard from the ocean, my music can be heard. There's a lot of noise in the yard, yet she brings them into my backyard anyway #Video
#Thread #Birds #Goslings #Geese

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Rasta

So, since I've been tracking *Gail & Gordon*, they've returned to my backyard every spring. While watching, they stay within running distance to the ocean. Another week, & there will be goose-poop on my patio. Sometimes a gosling wanders on when I'm shooting photos.
#Thread #Birds #Goslings #Geese

A weathered and moss covered picnic table. In front of it, are two large Canada Geese, and four smaller goslings, darker now but no black on their heads yet.
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Rasta

Goslings grow really fast. At first, it's difficult to find them with your camera. The bright sunlight on my view screen, and their neutral blending color makes them invisible. In a week, they start getting yellow.

Mom brings them closer to me every day
#Thread #Birds #Goslings #Geese

A mother goose, with two tiny fuzzy brown-grey-yellow goslings. They are shorter than the blades of grass, often that's all you see moving
About five fuzzy brown and white goslings in a row, next to Mom on the right. She has her head up, alert and watching for anything (except me) that might be a danger. My lawn runs into a rocky shoreline, and they stand on the edge and eat, getting closer to the house each time. Always within easy access to the ocean again, if threatened.
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