We saw the neatest thing the other night... out geocaching near dusk, we came across a pair of geese near a train yard. One was sitting on the ground next to the fence beside the tracks, apparently unbothered by the noisy trains that screetched continuously past. This goose's wing looked contorted into a rather uncomfortable shape, and I wondered if she was hurt.
I snuck closer to inspect, but was hissed at vehemently by the sitting goose's partner, who was not deterred by my approach, but rather, made it abundantly clear that I was not welcome so near. I soon figured out why: The sitting goose's large wing was shielding a small gaggle of goslings!!!
After a while, a fuzzy, yellow head poked up from under the wing, and Mother Goose turned her neck around to preen her baby, then poked it back into position next to its siblings under her broad, feathered wing.
I was lucky to get close enough for a kind-of-okay shot of the babies snuggling in together, before her partner made it clear that that was enough excitement for one night!
I snuck closer to inspect, but was hissed at vehemently by the sitting goose's partner, who was not deterred by my approach, but rather, made it abundantly clear that I was not welcome so near. I soon figured out why: The sitting goose's large wing was shielding a small gaggle of goslings!!!
After a while, a fuzzy, yellow head poked up from under the wing, and Mother Goose turned her neck around to preen her baby, then poked it back into position next to its siblings under her broad, feathered wing.
I was lucky to get close enough for a kind-of-okay shot of the babies snuggling in together, before her partner made it clear that that was enough excitement for one night!
(click on the first image to enlarge!)
As I remarked to my own partner, who had accompanied me on the evening's geocaching adventures, it was odd that this family would choose a noisy train yard to settle down in for the night.
"Maybe", she replied, "they like the industrial look, like we do!"
As I remarked to my own partner, who had accompanied me on the evening's geocaching adventures, it was odd that this family would choose a noisy train yard to settle down in for the night.
"Maybe", she replied, "they like the industrial look, like we do!"
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