Make Way for Goslings

We saw a sight right out of the children's book Make Way for Ducklings the other day. A large family of Canada Geese was crossing one of the busiest intersections in Bellevue, on the cross-walk, with the 'Walk' light. There was a parent at the front and at the back of the long line of about 11 or 12 baby geese. They were all well feathered and turning dark, so several weeks old. But where they were headed, as well as where they were coming from is a mystery. They had obviously just crossed the I-405 Freeway Overpass. Perhaps from the location of Lake Bellevue, about a block behind Whole Foods on the other side of the highway. But once on the West side of 405 they turned north on 112th Avenue. They may eventually have been heading for Lake Washington, but if so they had a heck of a long march. There really is not any other body of water around in the direction they were heading. I did check online to see if anyone else reported the sight, but was actually relieved not to see anything. It gives me a bit of peace that the little family somehow made it to where they were going. Wish I'd had a cell phone with me to take a photo and didn't think to pull out my iPad mini for the chore. Dang.