Saturday, January 20, 2007

WCB is Going to the Birds!

While Mr. Mao stayed inside to play Mah Jong ...


Greg and I went for a drive to the park and met up with The Birds. There were hundreds of them: Canada Geese, Pigeons, Seagulls and pretty Mallard Ducks. Here's a bit of UBI: Did you know that one Canada Goose can poop 1kg (2.2lbs) per day? That's a lot of green poop.



This last pic is my favourite, the colours of the birds were incredible in the sunlight. Click for a larger view.

This weeks WCB is being hosted at The Cat Blogosphere , so head on over there to check out more furry felines.

12 comments:

Kristi said...

Wow! These are fantastic pictures. And you're right- that last one is incredible.

And who knew about the poop. See-spending way too much time blogging IS educational!

Bobkat said...

I thought these bird pics were great. Their colours against the white canvas of the snow look fantastic and your last photo really does show this well!

Here from Michele's :-)

utenzi said...

I wasn't aware of the pooping characteristics of Canadian Geese, Ramona. Blissfully unaware, one might say. But now I know. A kilogram is a lot of nasty wet poo. Fortunately they're magnificent looking birds and I love your pictures of them, Ramona.

Michele sent me!

Bobkat said...

Hi. Glad you liked my castle pics :-) I would be chuffed to be added to your blog roll and look forward to you coming back :-) Funnily enough I was going to add you to mine, no kidding!

kenju said...

Ramona, thanks for the visit. If it were snowing here, I would be caught dead on the roads! LOL

I thought Canada Geese migrated south for the winter. We have quite a few of them here in Raleigh, and a few office parks with lakes have had to shoo them away because of the amount of poop! It can be a real problem.

Daisy said...

Wow, what beautiful birds. I wish I could PLAY with them.

sammawow said...

Great photos - especially the mallard ducks. Love the green heads! And to Mr. Mao, thanks for the link to Mah Jong!!!

Susie said...

Hahahaha! We have a photo of a kitty playing Solitaire on the puter! Come visit! We're gonna add you to our blogroll :)

Moon said...

Wow, awesome pics!!!!!

Mitey Mite said...

Love your pictures. They do show up very well against the snow. We get seagull and pelican poop on the railings of our dock, and whatever kind of bird happens to be flying through (currently robins) always manages to decorate my car, so I totally believe your statistic on poop volume.

Begered said...

The birds look so neat in the snow. Did you get to feed them?

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Nice pictures! Mr. Mao is awesome looking as usual...