Gone Goslings

Walking from Granville Island to Vanier Park...a few days ago...I came upon this
pleasant and surprising sight...of Canada geese and goslings. A pug nosed dog...full
of insensitivity...came charging...as close as he could to the edge of the water...
causing the geese to recoil...at the invasion of their tranquility...and to send out
their own sounds of outrage. Quick as a flash...each of the two adult geese...took up
a position on each side of the floating chicks...with their necks...usually slender...flowing parts of their anatomy...now cocked at right angles...as can be seen in the picture. The dog and its owner...soon departed...causing the long necks to soon become uncocked...and...after a while...I too went my way. Yesterday...I returned to check up on the goslings' progress...but they were nowhere to be seen...on the patch of water where they had previously been...several geese...and gulls who were squabbling...without needing the help of a dog...were present...but no appealing pieces of moving fluff...on the water. Given they were so young...I keep wondering...where they could have gone...
..............Quester.