Monday, May 11, 2009

Spring babies!

yeah, i know.....this isn't a baby animal. but a nice welcome to
the "peach state" of Georgia! (from the other direction, it looks
like a giant derriere.)

this canadian geese family has "teenagers"....!

cute mama mallard with her 14 ducklings!! (wow, annie
and breck....makes 2 sound easy.) ha....kidding.


another geese family....they don't seem to have as
many as the ducks. both species mate for life, which
is sad when one gets shot by a hunter or hit by a car.



we were sitting outside the fed ex gates on mother's day, waiting for them to be unlocked. there were two large ponds on their property, so karl and i took a walk over to check them out. much to our delight (mine more than karl's) there were several "families" of ducks and geese. i think that God knew exactly what he was doing when he made baby animals so damned cute! just ask jace or annie how many times we welcomed baby animals onto our ranchette....ducklings, bunnies, a colt, and several puppies. we just had a soft spot in our hearts for springtime babies!

2 comments:

breck said...

cuuuuuuute!! now only if human babies were as obedient as ducklings!! "quinn, you stop climbing on the fireplace or a fox is going to eat you..." that MIGHT work for a 1yr old :)

Annie said...

What a great mother's day treat for you! I love the pic of the mamma duck and all her ducklings. Poor mamma duck!