A Canada Goose family had lunch on the pond today. The adults, one in front and one behind, led the 5 young goslings to find food. The young are able to feed the first day they hatch out of their eggs, and eat the same as adult gooses - - green vegetation and grains, small insects and fish. Like many water birds, Canada Goose Branta canadensis are susceptible to the dangers that humans have created, like this plastic netting caught in the beak of one gosling.
On closer look, one of the young geese struggled with a piece of plastic netting caught in the hinge of its bill. The gosling was able to keep up with the others but we wonder about its future health.
