After welcoming Pedy last Saturday, now we welcome five young goslings.

First thing this morning it was another quick check on Mother Goose, as Jean and I tend to do each day these last couple of weeks. She was still sitting on her nest, as she had been since March 17th.

Jean and I then had to go out this morning for a couple of hours. So imagine our sheer delight upon our return to see an empty nest.

But this pair first started egg-sitting far too long ago for what we believed was the normal incubation period for Canada Geese; 24 to 28 days. Plus, neighbours Larry and Janell, had seen broken gosling eggs just inside their fence line. We held our breath as we looked around the pond.

Then a few moments later, we saw this:

That zoomed in showed the new family.

And an even better image ….

Couldn’t stop taking pictures!

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So a very happy ending. Apparently young Canada Geese return to their place of birth when they are adults so we look forward to seeing some of them again in 2016.