This little one had it in spades!!!!!
I was at Brick Pond early in the morning and was fortunate enough to have a family of Mergansers (Mom and the kids, the males are nowhere to be found) feeding in front of me. Eventually they got their fill and decided to get up on a log near me to take a break. Keeping track of these little ones is probably an adventure in itself, so Mom was probably glad for the break.
This isn’t working for the little one on the right….
There was only one problem. The little one on the right wanted to be with the other two siblings on the left, but big mama was in between. He or she would have to get back in the water and swim around Mom to get next to the other two. The little one had no intention of getting back into the water. He had just spent the last ten minutes preening and had no intention of getting back in that chilly water! So the little one improvised and solved the problem in a way that left me shaking my head laughing!!!
What is the armed services slogan, “adapt and improvise???”
This little shit decided to go under Mom to get next to his siblings!! The next sequence of images shows exactly how it was accomplished!
Mom is just not prepared for this!!!
On his way!!!
I think by now Mom realizes that she is going to lose this battle….. So she tries to stand up and let the little one go by.
In the end, the little one gets its way and Mom relents. She could have just shoved him off into the water and made him swim to get to the other side. But that is not what Moms do……
Junior is very happy being back with his buds, at least in the anthropomorphic world that I live in. If you go out photographing with just the intention of getting some pictures, you are missing the most important part. Seeing something like this is priceless, and on those days where it’s hard to get out of bed at 3am I just have to think back to this and I am ready to get going again!!! I’m also glad that I could bring this little slice of their lives to all of you. Please enjoy!!! And if you know someone who would enjoy the pictures, send them the link!
