Spring of the year is a time to welcome nature’s babies into the world, and while some youngsters of the wild tend to look both adorable and helpless, for the most part wilderness parents are excellent protectors and providers.
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| A newborn fawn will spend most of its first few weeks lying very still, trying not to be seen. |
We were doing yard work when we came across this fawn lying in a flower bed.
Probably born the previous evening, it already knew enough to remain motionless
and it never so much as twitched while we finished our task. We were also aware
that its mother was close by, watching our every move.
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| With dad in the lead, these goslings swim right alongside mamma's side. |
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| "I wonder what's over here?" |
A tad bit older than the goslings pictured above, and perhaps feeling a wee bit more independent, this youngster puts a little bit of distance between himself and his mom – but not too much.
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| "Stay away from my babies, or you'll be sorry!" |
Momma Goose is never too far way and always on the alert, ready to repel threats if necessary. If by chance a person gets too close to her young, she’ll rear her head up, open her bill and hiss loudly. If, while in this mode, she starts to spread her wings and move toward you, it’s a good time to be someplace else!
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| This young squirrel was orphaned when a utility company downed the tree its family called home. |
Squirrels have two litters a year, the first taking place
approximately sometime between February and April while the second occurs in
August and September. Interesting tidbit; they are one of the few mammals that can climb down a tree head first.
Gen. 1:24 - Then
God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures…….and it was so.”
Until
next time
Jim
& Claudia
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