The sun made a welcome return this morning as I had a nice walk along the dam. This is one of my favourite trees. The scene reminds me of paintings of the English landscape painter John Constable who painted in a Romantic style.
A Canada goose seemed intent on following me. It got quite close so I had to pick up the pace. I think it had stalking tendencies ...
It is strange how different years bring different things. Up until a week ago I have never seen Mandarin ducklings but I've now seen two broods in two different places. This female had three ducklings.
Four Canada geese and a gosling were strutting down the footpath as if they were in a Western movie. I love the fact that it's not just the parents who look after the goslings, but other geese do too. They chased one goose off, so they obviously choose their childminders.
I do think goslings definitely look like mini tyrannosaurus rexes.
It was good to see the swans back on the dam. I've not seen them for a while. There was quite few feathers on the water as the birds appear to be moulting.
I followed the footpath around where the magpie was flitting about.
On the way back, I sat for a few minutes on the bench with the sun streaming through the trees.