Topic: Around the House
We seem to have some new residents in our yard. For a few weeks, this pair of geese have been seen strolling about the back lawn, up the access road, and in the pasture.
Unlike the ducks who have also been frequenting the area, you can't tell who is the 'he' and who is the 'she' as one takes the lead for a while and then the other. Usually one is grazing while the other keeps a watch for danger and then they will switch off.
We assume they are nesting in here since they only appear as a pair and it is the right time of year for that sort of thing.
We're hoping we'll get to see little goslings waddling around at some time and also hope these will become permanent residents and not just tourists passing through.
The duck pair do have at least three little black and yellow splotched ducklings. I was uable to get a photo of them but did manage to catch dad in a couple of shots.
Mom is there on the left but blends in too well to pick out.
UPDATE: Okay, a few hours after this post went live the mama duck broght out EIGHT babies and herded them up and down the road, right up to the edge of the back lawn.
Aren't they so cute?
Then we had the first visitors to the new birdfeeders we put out off the deck railing. I believe these are goldfinches and we had put thistle seed in the feeder to attract them.
What a lot of fun in our backyard this year!
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