Duck family with guardian goose?
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:44 pm
This is something that I have never witnessed in nature. In fact I have never heard of this happening but there it was.
As some of you may know it is common for geese to have a parent lead then a stream of they young followed by another parent. Ducks quite often travel with the mom and bunch up behind her.
So you can imagine that when I saw a mother duck being trailed by the ducklings and then following behind was a goose I first thought this was just a odd happening and would soon be over. Just happened to be heading the same direction or what ever. Then as I watched it was clear that the goose was indeed staying behind the duck family. I got the camera out and started filming. Wish I had started earlier but that is how it goes sometime.
Ducklings have a fair amount of things that eat them. Fish, turtles, herons, mink, weasels, to name a few so having some added protection is no doubt a good thing but have a goose taking on the roll, well that is just plain odd.
Well here you go, watch for yourself:
https://youtu.be/zfJTimpJAK0
Ed
As some of you may know it is common for geese to have a parent lead then a stream of they young followed by another parent. Ducks quite often travel with the mom and bunch up behind her.
So you can imagine that when I saw a mother duck being trailed by the ducklings and then following behind was a goose I first thought this was just a odd happening and would soon be over. Just happened to be heading the same direction or what ever. Then as I watched it was clear that the goose was indeed staying behind the duck family. I got the camera out and started filming. Wish I had started earlier but that is how it goes sometime.
Ducklings have a fair amount of things that eat them. Fish, turtles, herons, mink, weasels, to name a few so having some added protection is no doubt a good thing but have a goose taking on the roll, well that is just plain odd.
Well here you go, watch for yourself:
https://youtu.be/zfJTimpJAK0
Ed