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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Six Words Friday - Chase


 Six geese all in a row


 Stretch, flap, paddle, eat and preen
 Hey everybody - look at me now
 Mothers teaching kids to follow formations
Training for migration in the fall


13 comments:

Tamar SB said...

these are a riot - love the line of geese!

helena said...

great captures of geese behaviour

Julie Fukuda said...

They look like fast learners. I remember playing follow-the-leader when I was a kid.

Candy S said...

The geese look like they are enjoying a lovely afternoon of playing in the water. We have a lot of Canadian geese in our area of the country. I enjoy watching them but they do leave a mess behind.

Mary said...

Hi JoAnn - at last time to sit back and enjoy your water birds, always such fun. As much as we badmouth Canada geese for their huge numbers and messy behavior, they are always such fun to watch, just like all birds!

Our birds seem tired from the heat - however a huge red tail hawk flew through the garden last evening when we were eating in the gazebo, trailed by the usual screeching blue jays - they just always seem mad to have a hawk in their territory.

Hope summer is lovely in one of my favorite towns. Sadly not coming your way this year!
Hugs - Mary

J said...

I love seeing how animals take such good care of their young. People could learn from them!
I hope the Washington state wildfires are not affecting you. My friend who lives in Bothell is a retired Forest Service employee and has responded to them. I thought of you when I saw the story on the news. I hope the fires will die out by themselves.It's always such a helpless feeling to see them raging and spreading.

Adrienne said...

Ha! Perfect! These are wonderful goose-chase shots!!! Thanks so much for linking up!

Maureen @ Josephina Ballerina said...

We go this way, Now we go that way. So Darn Cute. And I didn't realize mother's were teaching the little ones the ways of migration. How very cool!

carol daniels said...

There is nothing more fascinating than watching geese and other wild foul in the water. I especially liked the geese all in a line. It never crossed my mind they would be training for migration. So... I learned something new.

Mary said...

What stunning, fun photos! I love geese.

Lorrie said...

I so much enjoy watching the birds on the water. The geese in a line are fun - playing follow the leader. I wonder if they take turns? Wonderful photos of goosey-play.

The Weaver of Grass said...

Hi JoAnn - re hay andsilage - when the grass is cut and lying on the ground, it is the same. If it is being made into hay it needs to be breezy, hot and sunny weather - then the grass is left until it loses all its green colouring and becomes pale and crisp (hopefully - if it doesn't rain)

Kay said...

These are wonderful shots! I love seeing those straight lines of geese grow longer. This must have been great fun to watch! (I hope you're doing well these days.)