2020-05-12 Goslings jump from high osprey nest! Safe and sound | Charlo | Owl Research Institute

[@dubemccready7438]

Brave wee Chick Goslings - so gorgeous and smart .

[@jammcc176]

A pair of Canada geese nested every year on top of an old railroad pier (tracks long gone) in the Potomac River near Williamsport, MD. Those goslings would make a similar leap into the river once hatched. I haven't been in the area during nesting season for some time. Perhaps those birds still nest there each spring.

[@dianestiner8602]

It seems so cruel when Mom flies away and the chicks stay astonished waiting. When they suddely decide to GO ! Real little warriors 🤩🥰🥰

[@elombard39]

I. Love. This. Thank you for posting.

[@thunderloft9941]

And here are my pigeon babies that are as big as their parents and still in nest

[@ViolentRainbow]

I love how they put their wings out when they jump, as if those fluffy chicken nugget wings are gonna work lol

[@Shivian124]

Arctic Geese chicks would like a word kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmK2Z4h5jZmFd6M

[@carlwilliams6977]

Their little wings do provide some resistance, which definitely slows down their descent. Similar to air brakes and flaps on a plane. I would also guess that it provides some balance, keeping them up right

[@fungames24]

It does work. The gosling body is shaped as the main flying surface. The wings control the direction of flight. Same arrangement is on ships. The rudders are tiny but have huge effect.

[@張明策-u4s]

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[@ViolentRainbow]

@@fungames24 I'm sorry did you not just watch them plop to the ground like a bag of potatoes?! Those itty bitty wings did nothin hun.

[@lindadechiazza2924]

May say the parents are calling the goslings, however the hatchlings aren't very old and they understand language or sounds and know to leap? Fascinating. Is it all instinct? Is it herd mentality? Still Fascinating.

[@TrongTran-ho2qe]

The two babies are so wonderful

[@RahmanBegalyyew]

Super rolik malades

[@sportshulk8109]

THESE MILLENIALS!

[@ricbarker4829]

Considering that other bird species often attack chicks in their nests, I not sure if hi-vis yellow is a good camouflage choice...

[@ไม่ปรากฏชื่อ-น7อ]

First Baby's Jump, so cute & very cute.

[@mukulsharma2413]

They are so cute shiny babies 😘😘

[@ViolentRainbow]

Human parents: "Come on kids, just jump off the edge of the 50 story building! You'll be fine!" 👮‍♀️👮‍♂️👩‍⚖️

[@flynn1a]

Years (and years and years) ago when I took freshman Biology at U. Of Colorado, we each got a chick to take home (to the dorm no less) to learn how they imprint. My chick followed me everywhere. I wonder if the imprinting process is what drives these chicks to just Geronimo over the side. It’s just amazing they can just carry on once they hit the ground.

[@Fankine78]

Yes, they will follow their parents everywhere. Also a gosling is so light and squishy that some goose species nest in mountains and the chick have to jump hundred of meters after being born to follow their parents. They are basically immune to fall damage lol

[@butmunchass]

They imprint on the mother.

[@butmunchass]

Yeah, but I've seen a video where 3 jumped all crashed into the cliff (normal) 2 survived the fall, 1 was eaten by a crow so only 1 survived.@@Fankine78

[@RR-wi5qq]

What a relief😭❤️✨

[@MrBargill]

Well Sir David showed the Barneck Geese young who leap off the sides of cliffs and live to tell lol...

[@joshclearwater6461]

Yea that fall was way worse

[@joshclearwater6461]

Not all of em lived

[@MrBargill]

@@joshclearwater6461 true...

[@marleneclough3173]

​@@joshclearwater6461most did though

[@Thetis058]

Was so happy to see this video had a happy ending .

[@ريتالعمرو-ش6ت]

❤❤❤0

[@clingonWarbird]

Wow how brave the babies were! Thanks for the video!

[@YRH-Kevin]

Why should they jump off the nest? Does the mother bird mean to stop coming back here to feed them?

[@RivOspreyNotes]

Geese only remain in the nest 24 hours or less after hatching. The parents are on the ground calling to them.

[@thepancake1177]

this is actually quite common for them

[@ИринаСуслина-ц5в]

Шикарное видео! Кто это?! Белощекая казарка?! Я, к своему стыду, не знала, что они гнездятся на искусственных насестах… спасибо автору видео!

[@Roastmaster74]

Это канадские серые гуси

[@RahmanBegalyyew]

Super

[@chrisg.1548]

4:26 mark - 1st gosling 4:52 mark - 2nd gosling - Aaaaahhhhhh

[@shirleyhirschfeld3735]

Momma said "Come", we went, always obey and trust your momma.

[@beatewester4777]

Thanks for sharing. Really impressing.

[@宮本良介]

What will be the fate of the chicks who fell from their high nests?

[@siglo2146]

Pobre Sitos 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@petgoosepaulringo33]

Wow it is so cute

[@HuzzaTVDreamBook]

Nice camera setting 🤟

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

I've heard that ducklings, goslings, cygnets and chicks (or any species) their body and bones are soft so when they fall from that height they didn't broke any unlike adults. So, this is basically a normal and natural thing. Is like when your parents told and taught you to be brave to slide or jump and everything will be alright :)

[@jase123111]

Yes, and they are so light it helps...plus they usually land on top of vegetation that cushions their fall.

[@tokosepatusandal252]

Lucu banget anak angsa ini 😭 turunnya harus jatuh dgn ketinggian 😭 salam sukses teman, Setiawan Karaoke Tangerang KZbinrs penyanyi serba bisa

[@denverscott37]

Animal instincts never stop amazing me.. so little, yet look at the high plunge they took..!! Just amazing

[@kathleenclark1866]

They are looking at each other, she's crazy!

[@UkraineEnigma]

Nice video!

[@tina89Blackpearl]

Love it ☺ so cute

[@haroldsmith45302]

I have never seen a goose land on an aerial nest. How can a large goose like that land on such a small target? Also, the goslings are much larger than the eggs, indicating that they have been growing since hatching. But what were they eating? There is no food source in the nest and I have never seen a Canada Goose harvest food and take it to a gosling. This video is interesting but makes me curious.

[@anitalornie1743]

Their fluffy feathers make them look larger and all hatched chicks still have some of their ‘growing’ egg yolk left so they can survive for a few days without any other food. Sorry I dont know the correct terminology.

[@followyourdreams8673]

Those geese clearly wanted to live the high life! Phew what a relief!

[@marcelstanford430]

They have to leave shortly after hatching as they need to eat and the parents don't bring food back to the nest like high nesting birds do. Highly unusual for these geese to nest in a high location.

[@martinruddell2682]

I guess they're waiting for a seagull to arrive.

[@annekim9305]

My God!! So brave two little babies!!! Good job babies!! There is still one egg left in the nest..? I think the mother goose will be back... Thank you for the beautiful video!! 👍👍

[@RivOspreyNotes]

There are only shells left in the nest. There were originally 3 eggs, but one broke a week or two ago. Two hatched, one yesterday and one today.

[@soimucalator1838]

Nu-i rau îngrijorarea pentru acești pui dar cand o mama face avort , Nu da naștere la copii sau îi părăsește câți se îngrijorează ?

[@siglo2146]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@tokosepatusandal252]

Anak bebek 🦆 salam sukses teman, mantap enak dilihat dan didengar anak bebek nya

[@guerro327]

Finally they can eat. About time.

[@jolantaficner3208]

Brawo maleństwa..niebezpieczny skok w dorosle życie. Kochajacy Rodzice czekali. Balam się ze zrobią sobie krzywdę..Szczęśliwego życia wspaniala Rodzinko.💚

[@southerngal4655]

At first I wondered why the little gosling's had the green color to them but then it dawned on me that when they jump they have to kind of blend in with the grass to guard against predators.

[@skar8978]

😂

[@moniquebarrier7113]

superbe ils ont ensembles

[@MikeSmith-fs9wh]

LOL. I wonder, will the parents make a new nest next to a pond now ? These chicks can't get back to the high nest- no way, till they have full feathers.

[@shakes7333]

Odd to only see 2. Usually there is 5 or more or at least the ones we have around do.

[@hollyhe8854]

How do they go back to the nest? Can they fly?

[@mehboobkm2018]

They never go back. It was a rented home anyway.

[@stevelee4952]

Sorry to be thick but does the mother take the young uns back to the nest or do they now nest on the ground?

[@mitkoogrozev]

They live on the ground now. In more wild areas they jump off from high cliffs. There's no going back up.

[@stevelee4952]

@@mitkoogrozev thank you.

[@nadeemmustafa6450]

BEAUTIFUL

[@exidy-yt]

Hahah, I don't think that the first gosling was REALLY trying to jump down that time, it looked like he was just trying to jump over the log and misjudged his leap, being born only a couple of hours or so ago. :p He went over very awkwardly, the second gosling did it proper.

[@michaelkendall2075]

I find it interesting that geese would nest high up on such a small platform in the first place, when you consider how large a goose is, and their technique when landing on say water, and even fields, they not good at hovering?

[@Shivian124]

Geese can do a LOT higher. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmK2Z4h5jZmFd6M And they do it to avoid predation. For Arctic Geese, Polar bears can wipe out all the eggs from an entire land based colony. These chicks make it to birth which is a huge advance on that! Then approx 50% survive the first month from there.

[@tomm5228]

No birds was harmed in the making of this video

[@UmVtCg]

This is not "brave" which is anthropomorphizing nature. It's normal behaviour goslings, ducklings jump big heights from clifs and trees when leaving the nest.

[@mitkoogrozev]

Indeed. Even in humans the term often doesn't make sense. The humans who are called brave for doing something, that act is normal for them. They are used to that behavior, and the brave label comes from someone who is afraid and projects that the other person must also be afraid, but somehow does the brave act anyway.

[@marialiadagraca3595]

Que coisa incrível 👏👏👏

[@budewar5049]

Pnter banget ikutan induknya Lucuu...cerdik..👍😁

[@ectogambit]

Lucky for them they bounce.

[@saltodelpuma1667]

Amazing the osprey didn't kick'em out!

[@mrs.johnjohnson7634]

TY! So amazing & very brave babies, so cute! Now I can sleep. : )

[@zacharycat603]

Aren't geese supposed to be in a pond or river? Doesn't seem they would last very long out on open ground like that with foxes, coyotes and so on about.

[@wwisaacson4807]

When on the water they are prey for pike, muskie, and mammals such as otter.

[@SamtheMan0508]

There was a pond near where I lived in Florida with lots of different water fowl and it was sad to see how many chicks don't make it.

[@mikael7956]

One thing is for sure, Mother Goose is not a very good housekeeper!

[@joshclearwater6461]

At 1:08 there is a coyote or something on the ground

[@clozetemelo777]

Lindinhos inocentes fofinhos

[@clozetemelo777]

Sao fofinhos até o fim.

[@jbirdyhome-4050]

That is amazing.

[@9anatemotanawi3a67]

So nice👍

[@relaxingblog]

If you’re reading this in 2021 please pray that we can all come together in love and peace to eradicate the evil that has reigned this earth for too long

[@CarlosPT-hb6zb]

Pls go to psycho doctor and take some medicines....

[@fungames24]

This explains why young humans climb and fall out of windows. The jump gene was present before the evolutionary split between proto-humans and proto-goose

[@KingLouisDaSaint]

They eat grass so it was jump or starve.. Plus the other geese were calling them

[@dollyqueen5876]

Oh wow way to cool !

[@munbruk]

They are not supposed to nest that high lol.

[@LivingWithGeese]

This is a walk in the park compared to what barnacle goslings fall from.

[@mareksteinke9538]

Mama piekna a maluchy codowno piękne

[@tadeuszgodlewski6917]

Az serce sie kraje jak madra jest matka Natura Kiedys za mlodych lat na Mazowszu moim dzikie kaczki .mialy gniazdo nac wierzbie przy malej sadzawce To byly piekne lata Te majowe wieczory I zaby rechoczace Tego teraz juz chyba nie ma

[@swizzleproxi4810]

where they live is like us living in a graveyard ( kind of)🤔

[@commonsenserules7995]

Looked like a Swan dive.

[@jamesproudlove1527]

Fearless!

[@walthamp8978]

Dude I don't think shes coming back, she better🐤🐤🐤

[@だよさち-k5r]

ひな達なんで巣から飛び出しちゃったんだ？ この後、ひな達はどうなったんだろ

[@ИринаКристопава]

Как же страшно им крошечкам ,шлепнуться в неизвестность

[@DxShutter]

good

[@ardalla535]

Well??? What happened to them? I guess those are the parents on the ground, eh? (They are Canadian geese, so they say eh a lot.)

[@Erhan25dadas]

Harika Emeyine sağlık çok gözel biyer

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

Remember the Alamo!! 🦆🦆🦆

[@budewar5049]

Lucu banget udh bisa cari..induknya 💕👍

[@abrarcheema9105]

Very nice view ✍🦋🦩🕊

[@LongTran-sm8xc]

I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky

[@williamkrohmer]

Watch that first step, it's a long one.

[@tilinhanogueira3846]

Que bom que os pais estavam la embaixo 😃😃😃

[@joeyswanepoel1984]

I thought......it was their last.....day!!!!!!

[@احفادالرسول-ش4س]

اللهم صل على محمد وعلى ال محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد

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[@fardinfromIran7204]

Jump for life, Jump for free and love, ❤❤very beautiful, 👆👆😇😇god bless you for safe of human life,

[@chrisyates8115]

What's the happy ending??

[@summerforever6736]

Looks high to me

[@NCFC_Uriel]

Fly lil birdies

[@TerkaBuszptaki2021]

👍👍

[@sugengwidodo8863]

Kasian , kok kuat sekali 👍🙏

[@TedBackus]

imagine being the 2nd duck. 😐

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Legal 😅 eles vivem

[@rathinghosh-youtubechannel]

I don't know where i am going but i know where my mother