tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post663189755138527138..comments2023-09-18T06:38:04.194-04:00Comments on Palemaleirregulars: Two Possible Red-tail Nests! And Waaaay Too Many Goslings in One FamilyDonegal Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809720759418462703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-477161908353015002010-05-11T06:23:32.784-04:002010-05-11T06:23:32.784-04:00Goslings and ducklings when hatched are good to go...Goslings and ducklings when hatched are good to go in the feeding themselves department. The parent's job is to protect them from predators and show them the ropes on where good pickings might be found in the area until they aren't quite such perfect tasty mouthfuls for so many other creatures.<br /><br />In the photographs you may note the other pair of geese who have no goslings with them. I was wondering if the pairs had passed close by each other and the two sets or perhaps two sets and a few more had gotten intermingled somehow and never reseparated. I don't know how one pair of geese would take to another pair swimming by and herding half of what they must think is their personal brood away from them.<br /><br />Ah ha, maybe that is a big white plastic bag up there. I hadn't thought of that! Thanks Karen.Donegal Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809720759418462703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-87971134948097744732010-05-10T07:08:19.311-04:002010-05-10T07:08:19.311-04:00Do Canada geese parents have to feed goslings, or ...Do Canada geese parents have to feed goslings, or do the goslings forage for themselves? I looked it up and one site said goslings eat insects and the tips of greenery.<br /><br />Because I am thinking try to feed 28 might not work, but those goslings look quite big and healthy. So maybe they were adopted/babysat at a fairly advanced age. <br /><br />I am thinking that white thing is maybe a plastic big, sigh.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com