Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
A very darling, adorable little one!
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Really sweet Barbara. He/she pulled that dandelion head off and was watching me out of the corner of its eye. It was so cute. There were dandelions everywhere, but it was the only gosling that tried one.
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Beautiful Dandelion darling.
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Yes, very sweet Raj.
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Thanks, Linda?
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Cute!
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I thought so too Anne (and with a mischievous look in its eye as it watched me while it chowed down)..
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That, too.
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So sweet!
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Don’t you want to just pick it up and cuddle it?
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Yes!
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“Waving the yellow flag?” Maybe it’s a way of saying, “Spring’s here! Spring’s here!” 🙂
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It could be Dave – it was a gorgeous morning when I took the photos. It was the only gosling in the family to bite off a dandelion top and munch down on it.
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that’s not a Lion, that’s a Dandy Gosling!
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Agreed Wayne! It was so sweet and watching me out of the corner of its eye (like I’d steal that dandelion)!
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Miss Linda………………………………yes , yes………………that’s exactly how the little goslings looks and Yes I see them all 3 around the pond………………I’m guessing that they walk off somewhere else during the night because for a few days i didn’t see them at all…………………I was very afraid………………………
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They grow up so quickly Ann Marie. I saw that same family (that this gosling was part of) this morning and the goslings already are more gray than yellow, plus sleek, not fuzzy and big feet. One was hissing at me … so was Dad. 🙂 I can tell this family from the others because they had a couple of larger/older goslings in the group, much older than the rest of the goslings. Like you, I worry when I don’t see them. I’ll see them everyday, then they’re gone a few days and I don’t see them in the water either. Like you, I’m relieved when I see them strolling around again.
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Aww, what a darling pic, Linda! Happy humpday!
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Thanks Terri – glad you liked it. He/she was a real cutie pie. Back at you!
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Dandelion munching. What a nice catch. 🙂
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Thanks Rebecca – it was so cute! And it was the only gosling that pulled away from the group when it spotted a dandelion and pulled the top off it. (They must be tasty!)
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You found a cutie!!
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Yes Esther – oh to be that little and cute and have a human oohing and aahing over me as I ate a dandelion!
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Aw…so adorable. I didn’t know they eat dandelions. It’s amazing how many critters and flutterers (if that’s a word) adore dandelions in the spring. Great photos of the fluffy little gosling!
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Glad you liked this sweet gosling Shelley. That photo was taken May 7th and you should se how big this gosling is now. I saw the family yesterday … they have a blended family with some older goslings in the same group, but just two parents. It’s a very large family, so easy to find them in the Park. They mostly eat grass, but every so often a gosling or goose will snag a dandelion.
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That’s awesome you can find them again and see how they’re growing!! I love that so much!
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It’s odd – sometimes I see them every day, then two or three days I don’t see them … I guess they are in the water then. They’ll be leaving in June when the adult geese start molting and lose their flight feathers, so the families all paddle down to the Detroit River and hang out there until they can fly again.
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I’m happy to read that you’re back to visiting the park so often that you get to see them growing and maturing!
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I didn’t see them again today, nor any geese for that matter. I find that odd, but it is a bit of a relief. A few times last week I was at the Park and only left peanuts/seeds in one spot as the geese were trailing me … they saw my bag and knew I was about to lay down peanuts, so they could come and eat them. They don’t come just one either … they come as a group!
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They’re probably moving on and teaching their little ones how to find food in new places. That’s so interesting that they seek you out. You’re brave to get close enough to them to have them recognize and follow you!
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I haven’t seen any big feathers yet at the Park … usually you see them laying around. Some poor goose has a feather which has to be part of a wing sticking out straight. It looks painful. I will get somewhat close to them, but if they start flapping their wings, I move away quickly. A few years ago a Canada Goose knocked a golfer down as he passed a nest where his mate was on the nest. The guy didn’t know, but the gander was not happy about it and flew up at him and knocked him down and continued flying against him with its wings when he tried to get up. The guy he was golfing with shot video of that happening.
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Wow – that’s a crazy bird attack story!! Sad in a way a person video taped it instead of trying to help the guy? 🤔🙄
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I had to wonder about that too Shelley. It made the rounds on social media here in Michigan. I personally think the guy could have been hurt and his friend should have tried to pull the gander off him. Across the street from me, many years ago, a Blue Jay was nesting in a tree on the City property. Some man just walking down the street walked underneath the nest and the Blue Jay attacked the man, who was bald-headed, pecking his head with its long beak so many times, it drew blood and he fell to the ground. An ambulance had to be called for him. A Blue Jay! And I was at the Park last year and a Red-winged Blackbird started diving into me as it had a dead baby on the ground and that I might walk too close to it. I thought it was the Red-winged Blackbird male who always comes by for a peanut. Later another walker said the first time around the bird did the same thing to him. Scary. I’ll see if I can find that video and send it in a separate comment.
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Wow…makes me think of that movie about Birds! They sure can be vicious when they’re protecting their young/nests!
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Yes, I like seeing that as I think that fierce protection is even stronger than a human parent’s protection sometimes.
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Well here is the video of the goose attacking the golfer while his friend videotaped the attack. They say goose – I thought it was the gander defending the goose on the nest, but anyway, here is the video:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/high-school-golfer-attacked-goose-hilarious-set-photos/story?id=54683114
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Wow!! That’s craziness!! Thanks for finding the video.
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You’re welcome Shelley. I hope he looked like he wasn’t in danger for his friend to be shooting the video. Actually I think the guy who was attacked said something in a radio interview afterward like “my pride was wounded more than I was!”
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What a cutie!
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I have plenty of dandelions to eat in my yard! 😊
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I could contribute a lot too Tom, except now mine are getting tall and lanky and not so appealing to this little guy/gal. 🙂
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What a great photo. Seems like there could be a children’s story based on that one photos.
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Thanks Ally – this gosling looked so sweet after snagging a dandelion top and looked at me as if I wanted some of it. 🙂 It kind of reminded me of a Pekin duckling like people buy kids for Easter which is what also endeared me to it.
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That’s so cute!
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That little gosling was so sweet Joni! Luckily, I was standing right there when it broke free from the rest of the group and went and bit the head off a dandelion, then looked at me out of the corner of its eye. Made my day!
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Be still my heart!
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I know – don’t you just want to pick it up and cuddle it? So cute! I was willing to bring it home for MY dandelions. 🙂
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Oh my gosh, how did you get you a pic of this beauty like this?!!! It’s so cute.
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Yes, you just want to pick it up and cuddle it don’t you Esther?
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And put it in my pocket and pet it! You were super lucky to get that picture.
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Yes, a little fuzzy friend! I was lucky Esther. Right place, right time for me. How are your ducklings at the pond doing? Are you and the kids still going to see them? (I’m six days behind in Reader, so apologies if you’ve featured them again.) The ducklings grow up quickly too, but the goslings … one minute they are lemon-yellow fuzzy darlings and then they are hissing and flapping their stubby wings at you. I’m surprised they don’t stomp their big feet as they learn attitude quickly!
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A duck complaining that it has to eat a weed instead of a fish – is that a new kind of dandelion whine? 🙂
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I like that JP … dandelion whine is a good one! Years ago I had a friend whose mom made a mean dandelion wine, long before it was fashionable to eat flowers and weeds or use them as garnishes. 🙂
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