Happy Mother’s Day!

Canada Goose with goslings

As we celebrate our mothers today, we celebrate someone who’s nurturing, protecting, caring and loving. Someone who provides many of the things we need to grow, learn, and navigate our way through life.

Bird moms do the same. They build strong nests to raise their families, protect the eggs, feed the babies, teach and encourage them as they take flight for the first time.

Great Egret pair on nest

One only needs to walk around Seabrook Island to see bird moms and dads busily building nests, incubating eggs, or carrying food back and forth to the nestlings.

On this Mother’s Day, take a moment to look around and appreciate the care and dedication shown by all these other mothers in the world, too.

Photos by Gina Sanders