Sunday, May 3, 2009

Geese

I saw four adult geese with nine tiny baby geese today, swimming.

Of course the bigger ones seemed to be in charge, raising a ruckus when I and my dog were within 35 feet. But they were already in the water. I held back going near them when they were up on the shore.

Wow, baby geese are really small. They were yellow too, quite different from what the parents look like. But they really know how to swim.

Probably a year from now they'll be the parents. It doesn't take these birds that long to qualify for Social Security.