Outside sons back gate ...

... runs a canal.

I spied .... a mallard with her ducklings ...



Within seconds, she was joined by .... a goose ....


And, seconds later, they were joined by .... a swan!



Who said to the group: "Come on in, the waters lovely!" ... and they followed ...


paddling and playing together in harmony ...




And they all lived, happily, ever after!

Those were taken in a total of one minute: one minute of pure wonderment and joy at nature.

 

How lovely!

 

Ducklings are so cute!

 

Crispy duck

 

My first thought was 3 bird roast ... followed by: how can my son claim to be going hungry with so much fresh food around

 

@"M" Way back before I was born my Grampy was given a license by the HO to cull the swans on a local lake. They were aggressive towards a rare breed of duck that nested on this private lake and would not be moved on. He wasn't allowed to keep even one bird for the pot though.

 

Jokes aside "M", it's great to see our feathered friends starting another spring with youngsters around them.

 

Marvellous pics "M"

 

Great photos

 

Who was joking?

No, you are quite right Sheal and the whole reason those photo's were taken was because I had never seen all three types muddling along together so nicely. The goose was very protective of the mallard and the ducklings. That first shot of the goose was as he came towards them to hiss at us! Then the swan came into view and it really did look like the swan and the goose were protecting those little ducklings and enticing them away so they couldn't be "shot" any more I thought it was wonderful

 

Thanks for sharing 'M'
It is uplifting to see the different species co-existing in harmony. If only more humans could be more like this!