Acting like kids

[joelbolden]

Yesterday was quite warm and sunny for February, so the dog and I took a hike around a small, local lake. There was a good sized flock of Canadian Geese on the water at the far end. As I was watching a couple of them started honking a flipping water with their wings. Then a bunch more joined in. They kept it up for about 15 minutes then went back to floating around enjoying the day. It was like watching kids playing in a pool.

 

[wobe]

The ubiquitus joy of splashing each other !
Looks like they were enjoying a good cooling off, maybe they were en-route for their migration and was after a long leg of the flight?

 

[14Meadow]

I once watched a crow splashing around in a puddle for about ten minutes. It seemed to be enjoying itself too

 

[jeffashman]

Wonderful set! Love the light on the droplets.

 

[joelbolden]

The ubiquitus joy of splashing each other !
Looks like they were enjoying a good cooling off, maybe they were en-route for their migration and was after a long leg of the flight?

Hard to tell if these are migrating geese or part of the huge "local" population that stays permanently. We have a large number of rivers and creeks that don't freeze over and thousands of acres of farmland where they're seen feeding on what's left from corn and soybean harvests(among others). I normally don't see them start to nest until early April, plus I haven't seen/heard any migrating flocks yet, so these might be local. The winter has been so mild that many of the larger lakes and ponds aren't freezing over completely.

 

[CherylL]

The joys of nature. Great job with the water spays

 

[MitchP]

Damned Geese! Stay off my lawn!

Fun shots!

 

[slat]

Nice shots.