Canada Goose Family in the Park!

Benefits of nature walk and outdoor play experience:

Nature walks enhance observation skills and promote family bonding. They also encourage imagination and curiosity. Outdoor play experience stimulates sensory, social, emotional and holistic development.

On a bright and sunny afternoon, I was on my nature walk and came across this Canada Geese family! Captured this precious moment and wanted to share with everyone. 

One fine afternoon they all ventured out for an exciting adventure! This pair of splendid Canada Geese and an enormous gaggle of goslings! 

Fun facts: There are lots of lovely names associated with goose. The male is the gander and the eggs hatch into goslings. When inflight the group is called a "gaggle of geese."

1. Geese eat seeds, nuts, grass, plants and berries. They love blueberries.

2. Geese can live almost anywhere. They like fields, parks and grassy areas near water.

3. Geese fly in a "V" formation. If one goose is injured or sick, other geese will stay with it until it can rejoin the flock.

4. The baby geese, called goslings, take about a month to hatch. Babies are covered with soft feathers called "down."

5. They hatch with their eyes open and will leave the nest within 24 hours, following their parents.

6. Goslings can swim right away. In less than two months, the goslings grow adult feathers and learn to fly.

This video was taken at Taylor Creek Park, Toronto. 

~ Tapasi's Journal ~ Importance of Outdoor pedagogy