The goslings at the Strathcona Wilderness Center are keeping their parents very busy.  They no longer stay close to the adults by the pond.  I've noticed that they love to wander.

I saw them nibbling the new green grass and the dandelions so I had to stop and watch their antics.  The little ones spread out across the width of the trail.  The parents had great difficulty trying to keep them together.  

After a couple of minutes, two goslings made their way under the fence, across the ditch and onto the road.  It did not take long for more to follow.  Mama goose tried her best to get them to stop.  She squawked at the group but they kept on walking.  They were almost across the road when Mama finally rounded them up, turned them around and brought them back to the pond side of the road.

"Hey, come back here right now!"

"I told you not to leave the yard."

My visit to the pond did not last long but it was reality entertainment at its finest.