The weekend is here. Welcome to Saturday!
What better way to start my weekend than to get up before the world and head to the waterfront?Yes, i was up and out the door, with camera in hand, shortly after 6 am.
(i will most likely pay for this later)
I have been following the courtship and nesting of a pair of mute swans this spring. Lo and behold, on May 29, mama swan laid ten precious eggs.
After almost sitting on them for 35 days, the unseasonably hot and humid weather may have encouaged an early departure from their shells.
Out of the ten original eggs, three have been discarded and two remain unhatched in the nest. i am not sure whether they will hatch, even though mama swan took 5 days to lay her ten eggs.
The Canada Geese babies (goslings) were hatched earlier and are getting to be big. The pair at the park only have two wee ones. Well that surely is enough, as we are overloaded with Canada Geese in the parks, they don't seem to understand that their natural path of their life cycle includes migrating south in the winter. (i think someone forgot to send out a mass email to the ones that stay all winter.)
The early morning light was sweet on the "fur" of the goslings as they munched breakfast grass and then took a nap.
Life is good when you are a baby Canada Goose.
I'm off with camera in hand to see what other adventures await me out in the world.
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