Down at the Pond
by Mary Lynn Giacomini
Title
Down at the Pond
Artist
Mary Lynn Giacomini
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Photograph - Photography
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Photography by Mary Lynn Giacomini
Photographed in Illinois
A photographed of Father Goose and his baby goslings eight in all hatched only days ago. It’s amazing how quickly they take to the water. A shot taken in the morning in Illinois by a near by pond.
Goose eggs hatch within 28 to 35 days, and during the incubation period, geese lay on their eggs a majority of the time and rarely leave the nest. Geese in the wild do not typically drink, eat or bathe during the incubation period.
Geese typically lay around one egg a day until they have a clutch of around five to nine eggs. While geese can lay as many as 25 eggs a year, geese have a difficult time sitting on more than nine or 10 eggs at a time. Once a goose is done laying eggs, she settles in for the incubation period, while her mate stays close by and guards the nest.
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April 20th, 2020
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Anne Gifford
We watched a goose family and their goslings for an entire summer a few years ago. It was a thrill and I love that you have so many terrific pictures of these sweet moments in nature.
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