Spring is one of my most favorite times of the year. Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and baby animals appear everywhere. Over at the Palo Alto Duck Pond, Canada Geese parents are proudly parading around their young ones. This is the first time I have seen such young babies being brought out and up close to the lucky visitors of the pond. Last year I had to search around the outside trails of the preserve, but this year I've already counted 2 sets of babies--a total of 16 cute, fuzzy yellow goslings.
Not to be outdone, the Mallards have started showing off their cute little ducklings. The first family to bring babies out for a swim in the pond had 9 fuzzy little yellow and brown babies that explored, sunbathed and a few even met with visitors bearing bread (a practice much beloved by some of the visitors, however discouraged by the park rangers).Of course, the stars of the show are the Snowy Egrets, the Great Egrets and the Black-Crowned Night Herons, all of which crowd together in the handful of palm and eucalyptus trees near the duck pond to build their nests and raise their young. It's a sight to be seen and heard.
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