Decorah Goose Cam ~ GOSLINGS TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH & JUMP OFF NEST! 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥 4.15.24

From RRP: "The goslings at N1 jumped this morning between 8:02 and 8:04 AM CDT. Five of the six made it, but one did not. MG and PG have herded their five surviving offspring downstream to deeper, more sheltered water. Perhaps we'll see them from the N2B cam, where goslings should start hatch on or around April 20. It took just a few hours for another goose to come in and lay an egg at N1, so don't be surprised if you see more geese, eggs, and goslings in this nest. The goslings at N2B should hatch on or around April 20."

Today was the day for the Decorah goslings to take that leap of faith and jump off the nest to the ground! Dad was on the ground calling and Mom is on the edge of the nest as she is getting ready to join him. She flies down and the goslings are watching Mom and one by one they crawl to the edge of the nest and jump! Five goslings went one right after one another, a sixth one hesitated and did not jump with them. This gosling goes from back & forth from different sides of the nest deciding which way to jump. The sixth gosling finally jumps off the nest to the left.

The cam pans and finds four goslings on the ground with Mom & Dad and soon a fifth one comes into view. The parents wait for the other gosling but it does not join them so they all start their trek towards the water. The goslings begin feeding on the vegetation almost immediately as they follow Mom and Dad and swim off out and out of view. The last gosling to make the jump did not make it.

I am saddened by the loss of the gosling that did not make it but am rejoicing to see that other five goslings have survived and are now beginning their lives with Mom & Dad. It is equally amazing that shortly after the goslings jumped that a new goose claimed the nest and the female already laid an egg in it! Wow they do not miss a beat! Thank you all for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Courtesy of Raptor Resource Project, Decorah Eagles & explore.org for their live cam! Many thanks on allowing us to watch this amazing cam!

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