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 
Cluck, cluck! What pretty colors! Hope they found something delicious in those cracks. 🙂
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I hope so too Barbara – they sure were pecking away. Too bad I couldn’t call the post hen-pecked. They had escaped from the petting farm nearby. 🙂
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Just checking for tasty morsels in those cracks!
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Yes, they were escapees from the petting farm nearby and probably thought they’d find goodies left over or dropped from an event at the pavilion!
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Maybe they heard about you and your peanuts!
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Yes, I am THAT famous “peanut lady” … it worked when the male Mute Swan was mad I was taking pictures of him and the missus and came after me. I threw it some peanuts and it stopped in its tracks!
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You have a way with the boys! 🙂
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Yes! Peanuts, the answer to thwarting a Mute Swan on the rampage. I thought it had water in its nose from going underwater to eat and all the time it was snorting at me because it was mad (according to info I found when Googling)! 🙂
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LOL! You can’t tell an angry swan? I thought they also flap their wings at you.
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Well, in this case, one minute he and his missus were in the water and then a minute later he had climbed up the shore bank and was coming toward me. And, it was a bit icy on the snow as well as the pathway and I had to walk backwards and I was thinking maybe I could climb onto a park bench and whether it would fly up there next to me. It never flapped its wings, just marched toward me, big strides with those big feet. It’s funny now, but not at the time. Of course, even in my fear of what it might do, I reached into my pocket, grabbed the camera to take photos for a post, just like any blogger would do – daren’t miss a blog post opportunity. 🙂
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If it’s out there, you will find it Linda! 🤣 I see chickens at the neighbors across the street. He lets them run around and I can’t figure out how they know to stay out of the road.
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I know it – I see the oddest things sometimes Diane. I was taking pictures at the botanical gardens and the hens just marched over from the petting farm. I didn’t have anything for them unfortunately 🙂
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Yay for hens, Linda! 🐔 I’m on a break this week but I’m wishing you a happy Easter. We’re expecting a beautiful warm weekend, and I hope the same for you! I’m back on April 7th with April flowers for Sunday Stills. 🌸🪻
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Yes Terri, these were escapees from the petting farm that marched over to the botanical gardens. I had my back turned and felt a presence behind me. 🙂 Thanks for the well wishes and same to you. Our weather is a bit rainy and cloudy unfortunately for the weekend, but the next two days are great (yes, it figures). Enjoy your holiday. I will be hunting up some Spring flowers for April 7th’s Challenge.
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Oh how cute, Linda! At least while lost they found plenty of food!
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It is funny Terri because they only have a white wooden fence around the petting farm, so the ducks duck under the bottom slat, as do the chickens and guinea peafowl and they wander over to the Botanical Gardens. All Summer, they have jazz concerts at the Gardens every Wednesday, so there are food vendors on site. I’m sure the pickin’s are good. The Lavender Guinea Peafowl were the funniest to take photos of. There were four of them and they moved in unison, whether running or grazing and the caretaker came to fetch them and take them home by carrying a grain bag and shaking it. 🙂
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Beautiful chiken . Hens havin a peckin good time. Beautiful capture pics.
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Yes Raj, they walked up behind me and startled me – they were escapees from the nearby petting farm!
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Very nice you lucky to they walked up behind you. I like they.
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Dear Ms “Pick’s O’ The chicks”………………………………….Hmmmm…………..Got any peanuts??
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Ann Marie – unfortunately, I didn’t take any peanuts with me as I was at the Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park and fresh out of peanuts when they meandered over from the f. The geese are going after the squirrels’ and birds’ peanuts at Council Point Park as soon as I scatter them. The ducks were also doing that this morning!
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I think you had a peckin’ good time taking their pics ! lol
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I did Susan – not my usual fowl pics. 🙂 They were escapees from the petting farm, ducking under the fence and running around the Botanical Gardens. They have jazz concerts and food vendor trucks every week at the Gardens and I am sure people drop crumbs/bits of food which make their day!
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I bet these hens would lay eggs that look like Easter eggs. Hope you have a good Easter, Linda!
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Laurie, I wish I could have made that happen – a little AI might have helped me do that. Thank you Laurie, same to you!
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Well, those are different birds than your normal collection. 🙂 Have a great Easter, Linda!
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Yes, they were escapees from the petting farm. I was at the Botanical Gardens and felt a presence behind me. 🙂 Same to you Janis.
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So close!
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Yes, they were quiet unlike the Guinea Peafowl – remember them squawking while running all over the place. I got another few pictures to share coming up on a Wordless Wednesday. A pair of ducks were roaming around the “wildlife” portion of the petting farm.
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Animals know when you are near…they will come and find you for their photos to be taken!!
These are different kind of birds from the ones you usually take.
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Yes, I think I have “Peanut Lady” emblazoned on my forehead Esther! This morning at Council Point Park, I found a spot where the Cardinals (Mr. and Mrs.) and a Chickadee saw me and I put down the shelled peanuts, sunflower seeds and regular peanuts. I don’t know where the squirrels were, but those three birds were feasting and of course I didn’t have the camera. I had thought to take it as it was so sunny, but didn’t. These chickens are from the petting farm. The petting farm is on the outskirts of Heritage Park and it has a white fence around it … those critters just go under the fence … chickens, ducks and remember the guinea peal fowl? They duck and go underneath – I turned around and there were the three chickens. One I didn’t take photos of as it wouldn’t stay still long enough. I have another couple of funny shots to share in a couple of weeks from the petting farm.
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And to think that chickens are related to dinosaurs. Through gene suppression, they are trying to turn chickens back into dinosaur-like creatures! 😉
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Tom, no one should be monkeying around to alter critters or humans, by DNA or otherwise, in my humble opinion. I’ve often said the world spins too quickly for me and I believe I belong in a different era to be honest. Do you have any interest in the upcoming eclipse? Are you interested in viewing the eclipse at all? I read that southern portions of your state are good for viewing totality – we have a good viewing area here in SE Michigan about 30 miles from here, but I won’t be going.
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Cluck, cluck, cluck, what joyful luck you had to capture these cuties! Happy Easter, Linda!
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Ha ha – Shelley, they probably read the sign “Peanut Lady” emblazoned on my forehead and moseyed on over. They were escapees from the Heritage Park petting farm and they go under the white wooden fence around the farm (which is about a foot high) and then go over to the pavilion area, probably figuring people who attend the weekly concerts in the gardens dropped crumbs or other goodies. I figured it was something different. 🙂
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They’re clever like you! 🥰
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Thank you! Animals have that sense “hmm, that lady looks like she’s good for a peanut or seed or two.” 🙂
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They look like some of our girls. 🙂
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They were pretty and animated Ruth. They went under the wooden fence at the Petting Farm and were strolling around the Botanical Gardens. 🙂
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It can be difficult to keep chickens contained. It takes 4-6 foot wire fences. I’m wondering what we will do to keep them off the porches when we build the new house. Ruby will have her work cut out for her. LOL!
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You’ll wear out Ruby (and Ranger) making them round up all your free-range chickens. 🙂
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Ruby loves herding chickens and making sure they are not where they shouldn’t be, and she is good at it. Ranger couldn’t care less about the chickens.
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Who was guarding the baby chicks when they arrived – I thought it was Ranger for some reason. He took his guard dog duties seriously. 🙂
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You are right. Once they get bigger and are allowed to free range he doesn’t pay any attention to them. Ruby will chase them out of the barn or out of the van or round them up and get them in the coop at night. 🙂
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Good, I thought I remembered Ranger standing by the area where you had the chicks penned up or in a cardboard box and he seemed fascinated with them. That is great about Ruby … you’ll have to get some photos for us Ruth. I went to Heritage Park to see if the Mama Canada Goose was sitting on a nest in the boulders and sure enough she was. So I got some photos and I will plan to go back in a few weeks and maybe there will be goslings by then.
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