WATERFOWL -- Happy Mother's Day from the nearest pond or water hazard!

After 25-30 days of tending their nests, Canada geese have been hatching broods all over the Spokane area this past week.

The little yellow goslings stand out especially vividly on the green grass of golf courses, such as Qualchan, where they are tolerated by course managers.

Reasearch has shown that many of these goslings will fledge and migrate north this fall, where a high percentage will fall to goose hunters in Canada, never to fowl, or foul, a Spokane golf course again.