Monday 27 June 2016

Egyptian Goose family in the daisies

In May the grass near the lake in the park was covered with white daisies and, from a distance, it looked just like snow.  During one of the days when I taking my camera for a walk (it's not as demanding as a dog, so I don't go out every day) I saw an Egyptian Goose with her babies.  Most of the youngsters were busy scouring the ground for food.

In the photo below, 2 goslings are on the left and the parent is keeping watch on what they are up to.

There are less flowers in this patch of grass and 3 Egyptian youngsters are still busy looking for food.

The parent now has it's back turned on the young Egyptians.  Two are still searching for food, while another two are having a rest in the "snow".

 It is time for one youngster to have a preen while the other is still on the look-out for a nibble.


One of the babies did not really join in the food search and spent the whole time resting and in a world of it's own.

Eventually the parent got annoyed with the crowd that had formed on the path in front of the family and started some loud quacking, which sent the youngsters through the nettles and into the water.  They were joined by a wandering Coot or Moorhen - I can't really tell which one it is from the view of it's back.


Then the parent also hot-footed it away from the watchers on the path and left us with just a patch of daisies.

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