Not always a pretty picture

These past couple of weeks I've had the opportunity of watching 4 Canada goslings go from staying tucked in their mothers feathers to swimming alongside dad to having the effects of habitat loss take one as it's own. This area is great habitat for waterfowl but it is also a place surrounded by pavement, office buildings and neighborhoods.
Pic: Gosling hit by a car just a few hundred yards from where it was hatched.