A beautiful ball of golden fluff. This baby Canada goose is probably a couple of days old.
Another gossling and a beautiful blue sky.
In order to keep the gosslings safe and their parents happy, I usually only spend a minute or two with each baby goose.
This adult Canada goose is a really good parent, telling me to keep my distance while shielding its gosslings. Most geese stay near water while the gosslings are little. At the first sign of possible danger the adult geese lead their babies into the water and out away from shore. The water provides safety from most mammals, but leaves the gosslings open to predation from snapping turtles and large fish.
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