Day 4 and so much has changed! These little ones are everywhere; they can hop, they can swim, they can run. The parents are unbelievably diligent in their guard over them. At any given time, they have the babies sandwiched between them and one of them is always standing at full attention, looking out for any possible predators. Goose is spending less and less time on the last egg and golf ball, having to choose between the lives that are here, and the one (or two as she thinks), that remain in her nest. When she is sitting, the babies crawl all over her. I went in this morning and one of them was standing on her head. When they do get tired, they crawl up under her wing so you can barely see them - this is when she seems the happiest (she literally purrs) and can close her eyes and rest.
Day 4 and so much has changed! These little ones are everywhere; they can hop, they can swim, they can run. The parents are unbelievably diligent in their guard over them. At any given time, they have the babies sandwiched between them and one of them is always standing at full attention, looking out for any possible predators. Goose is spending less and less time on the last egg and golf ball, having to choose between the lives that are here, and the one (or two as she thinks), that remain in her nest. When she is sitting, the babies crawl all over her. I went in this morning and one of them was standing on her head. When they do get tired, they crawl up under her wing so you can barely see them - this is when she seems the happiest (she literally purrs) and can close her eyes and rest.
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