PHOTO GALLERY: Canada goose family takes in Old Town scenery
The Canada goose might have a reputation for its unbridled aggression, but aren’t the little ones just so cute? This family of geese and goslings were seen making their way through Niagara-on-the-Lake’s downtown core on May 2.
The Canada goose might have a reputation for its unbridled aggression, but aren’t the little ones just so cute? This family of geese and goslings were seen making their way through Niagara-on-the-Lake’s downtown core on May 2. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
It's not just tourists that come by Queen Street to admire the clock tower cenotaph.
It's not just tourists that come by Queen Street to admire the clock tower cenotaph. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
While it's unclear if they looked both ways before crossing, this family was unharmed trekking across Queen Street.
While it's unclear if they looked both ways before crossing, this family was unharmed trekking across Queen Street. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
After finding their way through the downtown core, the geese family passes through several neighbourhoods in Old Town, heading toward the water.
After finding their way through the downtown core, the geese family passes through several neighbourhoods in Old Town, heading toward the water. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
At last, the geese pass by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club and find their way to the waters of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario.
At last, the geese pass by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club and find their way to the waters of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
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With nesting season here for our region’s wildlife, locals can expect to see many younglings with their parents out in nature, or wandering the streets — including here in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Photographer Dave van de Laar captured this family of Canada geese and goslings making their through Old Town the first week of May, walking on Queen Street past several storefronts and through the neighbourhood, before waddling past the NOTL Golf Club and making their way safely to the the water, where they can nest, catch food and avoid predators.

The Canada goose nesting season typically begins as early as late February and goes through mid-May, with most eggs hatching during early May.

Following that, the geese with gather into flocks and congregate in open areas for the molting period, during which time the geese lose their flight feathers and remain flightless during mid-June to early July. The goslings are also flightless during this time as they have yet to develop their adult feathers.

Canada geese are federally protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, making it against the law to harm, disturb or destroy the birds, their eggs or their nests without an official permit.

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