Goose
July 16, 2008Blue and orange, complimentary colours, how could they fail to be pleasing on the eye.
A handsome family, although the parents were a little hissy if you got too close, geese can be aggressive and are sometimes used to guard property, on the Hebridean Island of Islay, they protect the distilleries, I feel sure McNoddy would approve
these domesticated geese were very much part and parcel of the small holding, but large flocks of wild geese can be a nuisance, in the USA you can call in the Geese police to deal with them, Moss the dog would consider this as a good career move.
On the subject of baby birds, Tom Reynolds, has his own little fluffy pigeon chicks to deal with are they cute or vermin? depends on your perspective I suppose and whether or not you have to clean up the poo.
Love your blog and photos - keep them coming!
An interesting entry, and great photos. Living in Canada, I was interested to read about The Geese Police which I had never heard of. Checking their site, I see that they are based in the United States ~ of course, Canada Geese seem to be everywhere!
Apologies Glo, I typo on my part, I shall edit, I had been Googling around with Canada geese and rushing to finish the post before a dental appointment
I was a bit distracted.
They do indeed ‘get every where’ near us, they seem very fond of the local golf course
It’s hard not to think “awwww” when I look at the baby geese. Wonderful pictures.
I’m going to look into the Geese Police. We need some around here. We spend a good part of the spring and early summer harassing the Canada geese that show up in huge flocks, wanting to settle here. A few would be ok, but they always bring a couple hundred of their nearest and dearest with them. They leave far too many “nutrients” (poo) for the pond to remain healthy if we let them stay.
I am just catching up on your last few posts. Your blog has become a near-daily must-visit for me it is truly wonderful! And I don’t say that about just anything. I try to limit myself to two exclamation points a year, so I hope you will take it for the high praise that it is meant to be. The geese photos, as usual, are fabulous and I _love_ those cricket pictures and the “backstory” on Granny’s history with the game.
Every time I look at your blog I think how much I admire the photo that serves as the banner. Can you pinpoint that location for us? If I ever manage to get back to England I definitely want to get to the north and see some of the beautiful places you photograph. Cheers.
I dunno why but I thought of Xmas……
Geese certainly make great guards for a property. They are something else to watch when hords fly over honking towards their destination.
I love the last photo.
Hi Kim, the view is taken from the garden! How lucky am I! (and thats a years quota of exclamation marks)
Tasty Noddy, very very tasty.
They certainly can be nasty, a bit like swans even if you try to get near there youngsters.
good pics.
Oh ive found the special button on my camera that stops things being blurry.