Babies, Babies Everywhere
Being a winter resident has its benefits – your young are ready to go early in the season. There are goslings, ducklings, woodpecker chicks, Osprey and Eagle young growing steadily stronger each day. Here are some of the photos I have taken lately of some of our local “youngsters”.
Common Merganser chicks hugging the shore
straggling along
Mom is keeping a sharp eye out for danger
A true gaggle of Canada Geese
Figuring out the stingy food
A Hairy Woodpecker feeding a large, caterpillar? to nestlings
Hairy Woodpecker leaving after cleaning up the nest
all photos and writing copyright Joanne Siderius 2013
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Great photos! We’ve got baby Cardinals all over our backyard ~ so cute!
They would be cute! I keep hoping the Steller’s Jays will bring their young by but not yet.