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Watching Canada Geese in a wheat field.
Each family group has one goose standing head up watching out for danger, while the others feed, and it seems that as another raises its head, the "watchman" lowers its head to feed, at the same time. The watcher seems to know when another is taking the watch.
The Canada Geese always seem to know when I have my camera. When I don't they fly within feet of me, all the time.
Whenever I have camera, they don't come within a thousand feet.
Huh. So I am not the only one. How do they know?! I even tried hiding my camera in my pocket, but no luck.
Nature is the "bomb" Like your post LarsMac! (meercats do the same...)
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Watching Canada Geese in a wheat field.
Each family group has one goose standing head up watching out for danger, while the others feed, and it seems that as another raises its head, the "watchman" lowers its head to feed, at the same time. The watcher seems to know when another is taking the watch.
Saw a butterfly today , looked like a frittilary. And the Red-tipped photenias shrubs are getting ready to bloom, already fragrant... lots of robins around and downey woodpeckers.
Oh springtime...when our natural world comes alive once again!
I was recently informed there are coyotes here, even on the SC large island I live on...they look a lot bigger than foxes...more like a German shepard size???
Thanks for the pet warnings---my cats love to play outside at night!
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Loved the shots of the deer _redbird_. We've got a lot of them around here, especially towards the east end of the Fraser Valley. They had a bit of a rough time of it from about Dec 10th thru the end of January but with the snow all gone now there's plenty for them to graze on. In all they're looking pretty good these days - from what I can see in passing.
I also saw the two resident coyotes today out in the fields by my partner's shop. Both of them have put on weight since I saw (and almost ran over) them 2-3 weeks ago. They also have a lot more natural food available to them with the ground bare; this precludes the necessity of having to risk their sorry tails by undertaking early morning assault raids on Farmer Brown's chickens.
One of the pair passed close by me on his way to wherever he was headed; I didn't even get a sideways glance from him as he went by.
The first flowers of the season. I'm pretty sure that the university flowers came from a greenhouse. AND I think the poor little flowers wish to be back there! The temperature was cold and the wind was blowing them all downward! This flower was the only one out of 2 or 3 dozen that was completely facing down!
I should have taken a photo of the rest but my camera battery was dead after this shot! I hate that when it happens!!
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That was a long time ago!! 
. It does look like a gun, doesn't it...
Thanks for the coyote pic... 
