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Photos: Birds of a feather

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Friday, May 8, 2026 5:23 PM MT

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A Canada goose and its gosling takes a drink of water from the Animas River on Thursday as the little one rests looking more like a rock than a goose. Two geese are raising five goslings that hatched recently on the island below the Animas River Trail bridge at Rotary Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A Canada goose and its gosling takes a drink of water from the Animas River on Thursday as the little one rests looking more like a rock than a goose. Two geese are raising five goslings that hatched recently on the island below the Animas River Trail bridge at Rotary Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Canada goose goslings drink water from the Animas River on Thursday and rest on its banks. Two geese are raising five goslings that hatched recently on the island below the Animas River Trail bridge at Rotary Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Canada goose goslings drink water from the Animas River on Thursday and rest on its banks. Two geese are raising five goslings that hatched recently on the island below the Animas River Trail bridge at Rotary Park. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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