While I was awandering....

[donutsweeper]

I've been trying to take a lot of walks to get some exercise and one of the places I've been walking is a trail around a pond/marsh. This time of year there are always lots of babies so I brought my camera along to take pictures!

What I thought was interesting was the difference in size among all the different Canadian Geese goslings. All these photos were taken last Wednesday.

one of the middle sized guys:


A little one:



I didn't get pictures of all the different sizes, but here are various ones with their parents, compare how different they all are:







And just because they are cute the lone mallard family there:

Comments

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhh. Goslings! Ducklings! Thank you for sharing. I love them. And I'm glad you have pleasant places to walk to! Good for you for keeping it up. :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'm a little worried about the birds, MN is SO dry right now, we haven't had significant rain since April sometime. The shot with the large family? The water should be up to almost right behind the mama goose.

But yes. Exercise is good. Despite what my thighs think

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you have some important waterways on migration routes in your area, if I recall. Drought bad! ::thinks good thoughts for rain and healthy fowl populations::

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

They keep predicting rain... but it hasn't happened yet. Other parts of the state have gotten plenty. There was flood warnings in April in the Fargo-Morhead area with the possibility of the river jumping it's banks. There seems to be a lot less geese and ducks around this year, especially the mallards, I was surprised that there was only one family.