tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7652232355429695672..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Something nice for your SundayJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-88201327263189312352020-06-01T00:08:27.288-04:002020-06-01T00:08:27.288-04:00What a beautiful photograph!
Canada geese and man...What a beautiful photograph!<br /><br />Canada geese and many species of wild ducks adopt the young of others easily. I've seen two families of mergansers, each with eight or ten ducklings, pass each other. The ducklings can get mixed up and follow the wrong parents so that one family ends up with several more and the other with several fewer. <br /><br />Canada geese can be a nuisance when they become too plentiful, but I have a soft spot for them. I love hearing them fly over, honking joyously. MaggieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197886932781562232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30591955315077425792020-05-31T22:43:01.967-04:002020-05-31T22:43:01.967-04:00I'm sorry. No, not Canada Geese.
They are not...I'm sorry. No, not Canada Geese.<br /><br />They are not what can lift my gloom today. The strip mall that held my favorite Vietnamese restaurant was burned down last night. Half a mile from my home.<br /><br />I spent a part of the day trying to help them dig through the rubble. Their family treasures where in that place.<br /><br />The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to cull those birds. They are the cockroaches and coyotes of the avian world. They have adapted to living with people, urban environments. Their population has grown exponentially since they settled in with people as park pets.<br /><br />Even worse than the trouble they cause farmers, who spend thousands per year to try an make them go away, is their shit. I have never met anything as nasty as goose shit.<br /><br />Maybe applauding those who did the last Flash fiction contest could lift my gloom, so, applause to you. Some good Kim chi would also help.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-89461954659900824622020-05-31T21:24:10.996-04:002020-05-31T21:24:10.996-04:00I can just imagine Mother Goose doing her head cou...I can just imagine Mother Goose doing her head count and thinking, I could have sworn we only had 5!AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80465556447946429502020-05-31T20:55:03.897-04:002020-05-31T20:55:03.897-04:00Thank you for the sweet geese. It helps in a world...Thank you for the sweet geese. It helps in a world gone mad. <br /><br />E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-64131342969884124942020-05-31T18:42:23.237-04:002020-05-31T18:42:23.237-04:00I love this. I live in an area where you can throw...I love this. I live in an area where you can throw a stone and it will land in some lake so we have lots of Canada geese. We had a unique thing happen last spring where a pair of Sandhill Cranes adopted a baby Canada gosling. It was so adorable. We were all hoping the gosling would reach maturity but alas, something happened to it and it did die. It was terrible. Our local photographer had gotten the first pictures. The news took the last. While the geese are considered a 'nuisance' bird here, most of those who think that way belong to the DNR. None of the rest of us do.nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62251998354639189432020-05-31T18:24:17.886-04:002020-05-31T18:24:17.886-04:00Gorgeous photos and definitely a feel-good story i...Gorgeous photos and definitely a feel-good story in these turbulent times.MA Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055543285024785889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31668856408977137242020-05-31T17:59:27.203-04:002020-05-31T17:59:27.203-04:00Thank God there are still some places where there ...Thank God there are still some places where there are no people.Timothy Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514224628760035696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-85465026457257855162020-05-31T15:24:33.403-04:002020-05-31T15:24:33.403-04:00The vast majority of English speaking people call ...The vast majority of English speaking people call the goose a Canadian Goose. However, its original name was a Canada Goose. Remember, the official name for any bird is its Latin name. So the “real” name for this creature is Branta canadensis. As long as they are looked after now that is what counts. And...after rescuing them I actually called them Gus and Gladys. : )<br />Beth Edwards, CanadaBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558609140813587363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83703506854946272442020-05-31T15:22:06.289-04:002020-05-31T15:22:06.289-04:00I live in Canada Goose central. Wascana Lake, in R...I live in Canada Goose central. Wascana Lake, in Regina, SK, has probably the largest population of Canada Geese in the world. Some only stop over on their way farther north. Others are here all spring, summer, and autumn. Many live here all year long.<br /><br />A friend of mine was living with me while she finished university here. On the way to her convocation, she insisted we stop and take pictures of all the goslings - herds of cute, she called them. Wound up using up enough of the camera battery that we couldn't take all the pictures we wanted once we got to her convocation.BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-18565476069607989372020-05-31T14:51:11.137-04:002020-05-31T14:51:11.137-04:00Just a Canadian popping in to point out they'r...Just a Canadian popping in to point out they're Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese. Sorry! Linda Shantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802634921051188131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45455211573957263452020-05-31T14:35:11.304-04:002020-05-31T14:35:11.304-04:00Just lovely! My late uncle, who was a brilliant bi...Just lovely! My late uncle, who was a brilliant bird photographer, would be very impressed with these pics!KMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501060970797292110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86980706398846598772020-05-31T12:41:55.725-04:002020-05-31T12:41:55.725-04:00I keep hearing the adult geese saying to themselve...I keep hearing the adult geese saying to themselves "I could have sworn there were only five...oh well, no matter..." Your friend takes a wonderful picture.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790958029798438793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-25852084003870958282020-05-31T12:20:16.774-04:002020-05-31T12:20:16.774-04:00Always glad to see happy families. The geese have ...Always glad to see happy families. The geese have been flying over and honking at my house lately, always a welcome sound of summer. Beth Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447148196867821907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65384423068801830262020-05-31T12:15:28.132-04:002020-05-31T12:15:28.132-04:00Oh look at them! That's fantastic. Such a grea...Oh look at them! That's fantastic. Such a great picture, too.<br /><br />I had a crow acting oddly in my back yard this week, and I thought maybe he was hurt and I'd have to find somebody for him, but I think maybe it was just the heat. It's so much cooler her today, though, in the 50's (F) instead of high 70's. All the fans are off!Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com