Lots of young birds!

[Dutch Ppoacher]

Well this winter and spring weather has been perfect for brooding waterfowl! I have been doing my fair share of poking around the bird nurseries to see what we have for numbers. Got to say i am impressed. Most geese have large groups of chicks and there seems two be distinct age groups of the chicks. Older ones that have new pin feathers about 1/2 the size of an adult and small grey fluff balls
looks like two complete different timelines

PS we have lots of birds for this season! Yippee!

Curtis

[Cdn-Redneck]

I am up at Canim lake right now and if the mallards hatched as well as the mergansers around the resort here it is going to be a great season. The merganser has 10 little ones swimming and diving here. Almost every pothole along the hwy near 70 mile had ducks in them too.

[Foxton Gundogs]

Seen about 50-60 Canadas, adults and nearly fully fledged youngsters on the beach at Qualicum yesterday