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This is the time of year when the young robins are leaving the nest. I happened to come across this one while on my walk today. It must have just left the nest and was still trying to figure out how to fly because it didn't move the whole time I was taking photos of it. Hopefully, it figured out the flying part of things before something came along to eat it.

I actually took this photo last week but didn't have a chance to post it right away. I saw this goose resting near the lake last Friday morning and, since it was just sitting there, I grabbed a photo of it.

This mother duck wasn't overly happy to see me and made sure to swim away with her kids in tow. I honestly felt a little insulted considering there was a very large predator bird (I think it might have been a young bald eagle that didn't quite have the white head yet) that was eyeing them and was only staying away because I was close by. Given the circumstances, she should have been thrilled I was there.