02 Saturday Jun 2018
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canada goose, duckling, gosling, mallard, photography, postaday
For this hot weekend, here are some cool images of cute creatures in nature that I saw at Colonial Lake a few weeks ago.
Canada Goose Gosling.
Female Mallard and Ducklings.
Have a great weekend!
04 Friday May 2018
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
Conversations between Canada Goose goslings at the refuge in yesterday’s 90°F (32°C).
“Mommy said we should be eating veggies!”
“Here are some!”
“Look at her chewing that grass!”
“She’s right, it’s yummy!”
“Mommy is always right!”
Canada Goose and goslings.
18 Thursday Jan 2018
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Canada Geese are always present in our area, even in the deep of winter. I found a group of them sleeping on ice at the EBF refuge, with temperatures in the teens (-10°C) during the day and even colder at night.
Canada Geese sleeping.
Some, however, were not sleeping and were already dabbling for food in a patch of water.
Canada Goose dabbling. Note the open eyes of the two other geese next to it.
Canada Goose dabbling.
28 Monday Dec 2015
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canada goose, egret, great blue heron, house wren, nuthatch, osprey, photography, postaday, red fox, snow geese
I take a lot of pictures of wildlife, so Part 3 of this series will be about the birds and animals that I have seen through my camera.
Mallards taking off from an icy pond, February 2015.
Great Egret and Snowy Egret, April 2015.
Ospreys mating, April 2015.
Young Red Foxes, May 2015.
Canada Goose and Gosling, May 2015.
Nuthatch pretending to sleep, June 2015.
House Wren holding meal for fledgeling, August 2015.
Sanderling, November 2015.
Great Blue Heron in Flight, December 2015.
Snow Geese in flight, December 2015.
03 Wednesday Jun 2015
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canada goose, edwin b forstythe national wildlife refuge, gosling, great egret, photography, postaday
Monday was a cloudy and rainy day. At the Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge a Great Egret was standing by himself, very dainty and haughty in full breeding plumage.
Great Egret
A family of Cannada Geese with nine goslings loved the weather and went in for a swim.
Great Egret: “I tell you, this is why we need birth control!”
Of course, the goslings thoroughly enjoyed the water.
Second gosling from the right: “Who cares what he says!”
18 Monday May 2015
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JeanInJackson post Only Child prompted me to post this photo I took today.
Canada Goose mother: He’s my only child! He’s mine!
Meanwhile, at another part of the Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, five goslings were being taught to look for food by their mother.
Goslings being taught to look for food.
Here’s another view of four of the goslings.
Four goslings.
07 Sunday Sep 2014
Posted in Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge
For this weekly photo challenge, I am submitting a photo I took this morning at Abott Marshlands near Hamilton, NJ. A pair of Canada Geese were walking on the mud banks at low tide, and one of them had a broken wing that was almost touching the ground. Since the injured bird was larger than the other, I am assuming it’s a male. The female goose followed him faithfully, but I don’t know what she could do for him. I also don’t know what caused the injury, but it could be the result of an attack by some predator, such as an eagle or a turkey vulture. In any case, it must have been quite an adventure for this pair of geese! I hope he will somehow survive his ordeal.
Broken wing
21 Friday Mar 2014
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Three Canada Geese flying by at the Edwin B. Forsythe wildlife refuge in Brigantine, NJ, in late February of this year (2012).
Canadian Geese
