While I enjoyed watching the Canada Goose family who clustered around me enjoying the morning treat I had provided for them, and, just as I reached into the bag for a third scoop to toss out, a couple of geese that had been grazing nearby, came waddling over to get a piece of the action. Within minutes there was much honking and carrying on. I tossed out more tidbits and the latecomers were eager to partake in the goodies, except one was so anxious for a treat that he stepped forward and cut the other off at the pass. Thereafter, much raucous honking ensued from the wayward pair, and one goose, clearly annoyed, starting hissing and sticking its dark-pink tongue out while flapping its huge wings in an effort to chase the other goose off. Such atrocious table manners! But all that huffing and puffing didn’t stop his counter-part from contentedly nibbling on the bread, so the rabble-rouser tried a different tactic … putting his head down low, and running as fast as he could on wide-webbed feet, he next started ramming his beak into the side of the other goose! I was amazed, and a little horrified, to have witnessed this “goosing” incident with me standing right there, so I quickly spread the rest of the bread and got the heck out of Dodge before I was the next target! It was only later, when I uploaded this photo, did I see that gorgeous graffiti in the background lending a little humor to the fractious pair … well, boo-hiss back at ya!
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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