Homer is working on a project that has the theme “faithfulness”. We’ve been throwing out hints that might spark his creativity. We took our cameras to the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary this afternoon and had some fun looking for examples of faithfulness. I got several decent shots, and though I haven’t seen his pics yet, I am sure Homer did, too.
These poults were in in their nest under a bush. Both of their parents were within 3 feet of them the whole time we were there. The mama was never more than about a foot from them. The father was more interested in scaring us away than running away himself. We didn’t press the issue so I don’t know how far he would’ve gone, but I thought it was interesting that almost every Canada goose “on the nest” had a mate nearby, if not right next to her keeping his eye on things.
Aren’t they precious?
A sweet, fuzzy baby snuggling with its mama.
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Enough snuggling! Time to explore!
Shifting gears, there was lots of wing flapping while we were there. There also seemed to be a lot of competition. This swan was chasing off a goose.
