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At the open garden there was a section were a group of Geese were being kept. They were wandering round this section & didn't seem too impressed to see visitors.
Despite their rather aggressive attitude I managed to get several photos of them. I did have the slight background fear of receiving a peck while I was there though.
By Stephen Badger | Office of Communications, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Brood X periodical cicadas emerge every 17 years in parts of Maryland.
It was a really bad weather day last Sunday in the city, heavy rains and flooding from noon til evening.. but it was nothing compared to the rains we experienced on Monday til today where the past 12 hrs (8pm last night to 8am today,) we got 323.4 mm/ 12.73" (222.6mm or 8.7" in the past 9 hours) of rain fall dumped on us.
This brood of gadwall has moved to the safety of a wetland. Wetlands like this provide food such as seeds, plants, and insects for the growing ducklings.
Photo Credit: USFWS
Guarding her chick.
The mess of leaves and twigs under her is the nest and the chick is on the side furtherst from us, and thus not visible.