Just a short one...over to Altamont yesterday to pick up a beef we had processed. (Came out surprisingly good too, for an unfattened Holstein heifer).Roads were pretty bad, as it is really cold for so early in the year and spitting snow all the time.
We saw these Canada geese on the way home and stopped to take pictures. The silly things just walked away down the cornfield, even though I was quite close to them. Sure are a lot of them around for so late in the year. I see hundreds almost every day.
On the way home we ran along the river for a while. What a melting pot of water fowl lined the banks, littered the rocks and crowded every little left-over pool. Great black backed gulls, ring bills and herrings, millions of mallards, Canada geese, mergansers, plus hordes of crows. There were literally thousands of them.
Neat! I love mass gatherings of wild waterfowl.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever wonder if these guys played Duck Duck Goose? . . Ok, being more serious . great list of birds and I always love seeing the GBB Gulls!
ReplyDeleteFC, I am sure you see much, much more than we do, but we get quite a few down on the river.
ReplyDeleteMon@rch. lol, I actually haven't, but now I will
Can't wait for the Christmas bird count!
Remember: DON'T blame Canada when they "mine" the "field" they alight on! (Goose poop is brutal!)
ReplyDeleteMatt, no, I know you don't send 'em...and it isn't out field. lol
ReplyDeleteIsn't it lovely that if you get outside there's always wonderment - even on these dreary days.
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