Our house is just down the street from a reservoir. On days when it is nice outside Asher and I often go there and feed the ducks and geese. (Oh, and these pictures were taken in the summer when it was warmer. So don't think I am a negligent mother because my child is shoeless!)
And after much observation I've discovered that there is a definite "pecking order" among the birds on the reservoir. The biggest birds are the geese, whom I have affectionately named "the goosers". When there is bread being fed they waddle up like the bird mafia and start biting ducks and smaller geese in the rear ends. They steal all the bread and make sure that other birds don't get any until they are done, and honk up a storm. They are pretty much fearless and will come right up and take the bread out of your fingers, whether you want them to or not. By some serendipitous camera luck I got this great picture of a gooser biting Ash's finger. If you look closely you can see his finger is in the gooser's mouth! Asher was pretty surprised, but the gooser didn't bite hard so he was alright. Still, that gooser had SOME nerve.
My favorite is when Asher chases them around. They are pretty slow moving and he just crawls around behind them all over the park. He hasn't' caught one yet, but he is a pretty tenacious little boy and I won't be surprised if he does catch one some day. Or, more likely a gooser will catch him!
Can't you just see the defiance in that beady little eye.
2 comments:
He is such a cutie! Those pictures look awesome!
you should add the "follow me" feature so i can keep track of your blog easier. :)
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