When I was in Vancouver for a week this past May, I really loved visiting the pond at Jericho Beach Park where I discovered two families of Canada Geese, one of which had nine goslings and one of which had only one, who was the smallest of all, but certainly not the most timid. One morning while I sat on the grass I watched in amazement as this fuzzy gosling helped his parents chase away a feisty group of hungry crows. In my photo, you can see how proud this little one is, standing beneath his Mom.