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…
26 Friday Oct 2018
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this morning I started my day at the clinic doing bloodwork before my next appointment…
on my way back to the car I kept having to stop and watch the geese flying overhead… I cannot keep from looking up when I hear them honking…
then I met up with my walking buddy… we had breakfast at The Park Cafe, and noticed that all the geese that usually spend time in the pond were off filling up somewhere else, lol… afterward we wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens which are rather sad just now but it was great to be outside…
I dropped her off and we checked out her newly renovated garden… as I was leaving I got this pic of a neighbour’s Halloween decorations;-)…
when I arrived home, had a lovely visit with one of my neighbours… haven’t been outside at the same time for ages so it was great to catch-up… they usually spend a few months at their property in Arizona but with health issues they can’t get insurance so will be selling… they do have a winterized cottage just outside the city, so will spend time there…
seems like we have to adapt quite a bit as we get older…
02 Sunday Apr 2017
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, branta, bridge, geese, honking, hot tub, outside, walk, widow
so, today it was all about the geese… and a few ducks… found the Latin name for them – branta – as I was doing some research…
wrote about my mom’s drawing of a goose a while back…
early this morning I was out in the hot tub and watched hundreds of them flying overhead…
took my first walk since the fall to Assiniboine Park and wandered around the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
lovely day although a bit windy, and I was very happy to be outside walking… the sidewalks were all clear and dry…
as I was crossing the walking bridge by the Park I caught these geese along the riverbank…
as I looked from the Boy with the Boot to the flag on the Pavilion, a few more were walking on the ice at the Riley Family Duck Pond…
there was open water as well as ice, lol…
on the tour of the Gardens I could hear the geese honking as they flew over and talking to one another in the river…
before crossing the bridge to come home took this picture of a pair… one was guarding while the other was eating…
they are so majestic and beautiful… and their honking still makes me stop and look up, wherever I am…
too bad about all the fertilizer they leave behind…
12 Monday Sep 2016
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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…
18 Sunday Oct 2015
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the Canada geese are gathering and preparing to head south…
yesterday they were everywhere when I was at the Park…
these ones were at the Duck Pond… this is the most I’ve seen here all year…
as I was watching the game I would hear the geese honking and look up in most any direction and see them leaving in droves…
to the north…
and the south…
a seagull was on the move as well…
there were a lot of them, possibly because there were food tents… they like to be around food, lol…
last picture of the day were these three geese heading out to find their buddies, calling all the way…
there is just something about the sound of geese that compels me to look up, smile, and listen to the glorious sound…
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…
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