29 Tuesday Oct 2024
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walked to and from the Park yesterday…
met up with a number of Canada geese, but happily they all ignored me and everyone else on the paths…
noticed that the Assiniboine was very low…
and the path was covered in leaves, pretty…
such a beautiful place;-)…
31 Saturday Aug 2024
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as I’ve been sitting in the garden reading and enjoying the birds and bunnies around me, I’ve been hearing the Canada geese as they have begun to fly overhead…
I do love listening to their honking to one another as they head north or south, depending on the time of day…
of course, the sad part is that means fall is coming, sigh…
10 Thursday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Canada geese, end of summer, family, geese, health, honk, moments, nature, photos, sky, walk, widow
lately the geese have flown over the house honking at all times of the day… it is a sure sign that summer is nearing its end, and a sound that I love to hear…
walked over by the Park this morning with my daughter (on the phone) and watched geese going over…
also took a few photos of a pair of geese who were right beside the walkway and happy to pose…
they were not in the least perturbed by people walking so close to them… not sure if that is good or bad…
12 Monday Sep 2016
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awesome, big girl pants, Canada geese, flight, FortWhyte Alive, geese, honking, listen, nature, sound, widow
been thrilled to get some great shots of Canada geese over the last few days…
I love the sound as they arrive in the Spring… and their calls as they travel through the sky on their way to and from the fields where they are now filling up for their flight south…
I hear them and usually, by the time I get the camera up and focused, they are gone… got most of these at the Park…
a few days ago I started my morning listening to them flying over the house… the next night I heard them flying by just after dark…
one year we went to FortWhyte Alive and watched the evening return of thousands of geese from their feeding grounds… the sight and sound was amazing…
of course the sound in the Fall is a bit sad because they are either preparing to leave or actually going…
still it stops me in my tracks wherever I am, and I gaze up to the sky until I spot them… hope you get to hear some where you are…
nature is awesome…
08 Saturday Nov 2014
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this morning I heard geese going over, honking all the way… there were quite a few from the sound…
the sunrise was beautiful and I was lucky to catch it…
I love the sound of the geese as it heralds the coming of spring and fall… if I am outside I can’t keep from gazing up to see where they are…
I haven’t been able to get pictures of the geese flying but took this picture a few weeks ago… you can spot them in nearly any body of water around the city…
this one was taken when we were wandering through the zoo at the end of August…
it is important not to get too close because they can be very ornery… a goose bite really hurts… had the experience when I was about five, ugh…
still, I do love that sound…
06 Sunday Oct 2013
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been hearing the geese quite a bit lately as they are flying about to get to the good feeding areas to fill up before their trip south…
when I was at the Point West Auto Park yesterday I saw lots of geese in the pond and took a few pictures on my way out…
most of them were resting on the grass…
geese on the grass…
although a few were in the water…
geese at the edge and in the water…
also saw a sandpiper (?) along the shore…
cute little water bird…
there was a little bit of play going on as well…
not sure if this was play or a fight…
surveying the area…
nice with the fountain…
apparently, there are way more first thing in the morning and they are all in the water then…
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