The Geese family outing.
But the day I went down to Sulphur Point with some bread and my camera with a friend; they were transformed into loving, gentle persistently interested in food, angels.
They weren't aggressive at all
They just made sure they were close
because they had to compete with the gulls for every crumb
They opened their beeks without honking, as the gulls
swooped around like fighter pilots
After eating it was time to have a bath.
The male goose
honks at his wife
and they touch beaks
After a short while they both settled beside me incase I had more bread and preened themselves and each other.
That orange beak is a great cleaning machine.
It was a peaceful friendly time.
I felt like I was a part of their family for a while.
I can't wait until they start to have chicks.
The ablutions went on for quite a while and you can understand this because there are a lot of white feathers to keep pristine.
At the end, with a full stomach of bread and grass to digest, it was time for them to sleep and me to go.
I'd run out of bread you see, next time I will take two loaves.
The human family outing
This young family, who I met down at Sulphur Point
told me that they
come down three times a week to feed the birds with a loaf of cut white sandwich bread.
It is a ritual that started with him and his Dad and he always valued it so that when he had a child, it was one of the first outings he and his partner took her on
of that day at Sulphur Point.
People often overlook gulls and pass them off as common.
Why is it that just because something is plentiful that it is not valued?
Their wings and flying abilities are something to be celebrated as loudly as their cries for bread.
Creative Quotes
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
Doug Coupland
I have always been a bit scared of the gaggle of geese who live at the Sulphur Point Reserve in Rotorua.
But the day I went down to Sulphur Point with some bread and my camera with a friend; they were transformed into loving, gentle persistently interested in food, angels.
They weren't aggressive at all
They just made sure they were close
because they had to compete with the gulls for every crumb
They opened their beeks without honking, as the gulls
swooped around like fighter pilots
After eating it was time to have a bath.
The male goose
honks at his wife
and they touch beaks
After a short while they both settled beside me incase I had more bread and preened themselves and each other.
That orange beak is a great cleaning machine.
It was a peaceful friendly time.
I felt like I was a part of their family for a while.
I can't wait until they start to have chicks.
The ablutions went on for quite a while and you can understand this because there are a lot of white feathers to keep pristine.
I'd run out of bread you see, next time I will take two loaves.
The human family outing
This young family, who I met down at Sulphur Point
told me that they
come down three times a week to feed the birds with a loaf of cut white sandwich bread.
It is a ritual that started with him and his Dad and he always valued it so that when he had a child, it was one of the first outings he and his partner took her on
She loves the birds he said.
Creative Quote
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
Why is it that just because something is plentiful that it is not valued?
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
Doug Coupland
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