We visited Battleship Park in Mobile, AL to check out another site of the Coastal Alabama Birding Trail. The trail starts in the field behind the outdoor displays and concludes with a boardwalk leading to a two story covered observation deck. As we started walking we could see the Canada Geese in the distance, in a field filled with flowers and surrounded by tan blobs. As we walked closer, the older geese immediately stood at attention watching us, and with the 400mm lens and binoculars we saw identified the blobs as chicks, a lot of them. We kept our distance, walking to the boardwalk and deck, spotting several birds including a Downy Woodpecker quite close on a tree.
As we left, we saw the Canada Geese moving around the field, as one fluttered its wings to herd the youngsters along.
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