Watchful eyes

A Canada goose cuddles with a gosling in this photo taken by Pine Knot News subscriber Mike Farmer, also an avid wildlife photographer. Farmer found the pair at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor on Wednesday. Farmer said he'd been driving around "looking for critters" when he saw two geese across a small river and spied a tiny bit of yellow under the wing. "I knew it was gonna pop up like that," he said, adding that he ended up waiting about a half hour before the gosling made its appearance.