Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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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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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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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Great up-close photos! I love the shadows in the first photo. You’re not going to believe this, but we had a pair of geese in our yard this week. I sure hope they were just passing by and not trying to put their nest in our yard!
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Thank you Shelley – I am glad you liked them. The long shadows and reflections made for a peaceful scene with those two geese. They must be a mated pair – they seem to be inseparable. You can’t miss them – the one has broken feather sticking out of one wing, which looks painful to me.
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You’re welcome. Aw…I hadn’t noticed the broken feather on the wing, it does look painful. It’s nice they stick together to stay safe.
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Yes, they are inseparable … except one does not like peanuts, so stands by and watches. There is another goose with a worse feather issue … I don’t see it as often and it is usually by itself. I will have a photo of it for this week’s post.
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Nice geese photos 😀
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Thank you Brian. Glad you liked the photos.
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Reflections and shadows, a peaceful scene.
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Thank you Barbara. These appear to be a mated pair. They are everywhere in the Park, always side-by-side and I hope that one goose loses that big feather sticking out sideways when it moults – it looks painful.
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I didn’t notice that feather. It does look uncomfortable, if not painful. When do they molt? I think that is the whole point of molting, to get rid of old or damaged feathers. I wonder if it is the male or the female with the bent feather? I guess we’ll know when one of them sits on a nest!
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Barbara, I have a post coming up this Sunday and it has a photo of another goose with a bent feather, even worse that this one. The geese usually start molting in June, then they paddle with their goslings down to the Detroit River, not far away, maybe a mile by water (it’s two miles by foot). They lose all their flight feathers, so they will be gone until around Labor Day. I’m glad for that as they keep eating all the peanuts and seeds I put down instead of grazing on grass. I wonder after this project (which they haven’t started yet) if I’ll be able to see the shoreline then, so I can monitor for goose nests.
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They look so natural in this setting.
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Yes, they do look peaceful at the ledge and I believe they are a mated pair – they’re easy to find as they are always together and one goose has a broken feather in the wing.
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Pretty captures of these elegant geese, Linda! They look quite content!
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Thank you Terri. I believe they are a mated pair – they are always together. It’s easy to tell it is them as one goose has a feather issue (broken feather in his/her wing). And that goose is a peanut eater, a feat that I captured with my camera the other day.
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Beautiful geese 🦆. Reflections and shadows.
Thanks Linda!
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I’m happy you liked the geese photos Raj.
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Most welcome, Linda!
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Miss Linda……………………..none of us could get that close nor want to, that close to Mama and Papa…………………………geese…………………….Beautiful pictures!……………………what does “Wool-Gathering”………………………..mean??
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Hi Ann Marie, I’m glad you liked the geese at the ledge at Council Point Park. I think they are a mated pair as they are always together. They are easy to find as the one goose has a big feather sticking out of the side of its wing – hopefully it falls out when they moult this Summer. To answer your question, woolgathering is like daydreaming, so the geese are just daydreaming while peacefully sitting there at the water’s edge.
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Very pensive Geese !
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Yes they are Susan after chasing after the other geese and hissing and wing-flapping at me after I caught them stealing the peanuts and seeds (and also got a photo of that as well). 🙂
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Nice tail feathers! I usually see geese on the move not sitting still in quiet contemplation.
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Yes they are! And one goose has an issue with a side feather. It must have injured itself, but the big feather won’t fall out until it molts this Summer. I liked that I looked over and saw them with their perfect shadows and the reflection on the water.
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Well Linda, I know that this isn’t what I’m supposed to see… but I see BLUE SKIES! Yes, I can see the two geese sunning themselves. But mostly I see blue skies and am thrilled that you had some time out side to enjoy that rare blue sky. It must have been a beautiful day for you!
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Yes, you are right TD – there were blue skies and you can only see it in the reflections unfortunately. It was a beautiful day, one of a few we have had recently, BUT, we have also have had more severe weather yesteray afternoon, predicted tornadoes but only got the high winds and torrential rain. We have a bad thunderstorm coming tonight too, starting at 11:00 and going to be until 2:00 a.m. Sigh.
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Soaking up the sunshine! I wonder if any of these beauties were here last year and you captured them then? Do you know how long they live?
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It was such a peaceful setting Diane – even though they weren’t sitting close to one another. Maybe they had a fight. 🙂 I did not know how long they lived, so I had to Google and they live 10-25 years (that’s quite a range … maybe they were guessing)?
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They seem so proper and cute that I just want to scoop them up! I know that would be a terrible idea though, but their round bodies and tall necks make them look like figurines.
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Esther, I always think swans and geese are so regal looking when I see them in the water – these were resting; I think they are mated pair as they are never more than a few feet apart. I wonder if that sideways feather will fall out when it molts this year?
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Is this the time of year when they molt?
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No, usually right around June, suddenly they disappear but down at the Detroit River, there are lots of geese congregating there, waiting on their new feathers. Then they show up again around Labor Day and the goslings are all grown up by then, looking completely like their parents.
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That’s interesting and would be a great science lesson! Thanks Linda. I was looking for something to do by next week.
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Yes Esther – I think it would be a good science lesson. The geese lose all their flight feathers – the big feathers start appearing in the Park along the trail, so they cannot fly, so they paddle down to the River and stay there. There are tons of geese just hanging out at Elizabeth Park on the Detroit River awaiting their flight feathers. They aren’t walking around as much because of predators. We have coyotes running around all over these days. The goslings can’t fly until they are 10 weeks old as their wings are not fully formed, so they paddle along with their parents and stay there with them. As to the ducks, the Mallards lose their feathers and until they grow back their usual plumage that we can tell male from female (besides that little tail feather curl for males), they are all brown and drab … both males and female and that is called “eclipse phase”. I have a post this Sunday and I’m going to mention something that will be a fun science lesson for the kids. I can send you the info beforehand if you want – let me know, okay?
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Hi Linda, we ended up doing a science lesson about the lambs since this is the last homeschooling meeting with the teacher for this school year! But the ducks and feather lesson will be coming up soon. That’s a great topic to learn about and one that will fascinate the kids.
Thank you for the information! Once I catch up with Reader on your Sunday post, I will keep that as reference.
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Hi Esther – I’m glad you came up with another topic. I didn’t realize it was for a home school meeting with the teacher – I thought it was just in general. However, the list I cited in my post is short and funny, but I have a way longer list if you want to see it. I originally was going to use it, but it went on and on, so this one with the graphics worked fine. I think the kids will get a kick out of it. Also, when you catch your breath, I e-mailed you a link to an Australian blogger’s post. He mentioned a huge iguana that hangs out near his place (in the bushes) – it is called a “Lace Monitor” so I sent you the link if you want to show the kids – maybe it went to your SPAM filter. Brian is his name and he has geckos in his house, not as pets … they just come into his house. 🙂
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