Glorious day.

[mackem 30,181]

Been down to the store,spotted a snapper on the side of the path.

[mitre 414]

Very nice photos taken all full of life and happiness just it's happiness tomorrow getting washing dry on the line tomorrow Friday clothes washing day

[shaaark 11,535]

2 minutes ago, mitre said:

Very nice photos taken all full of life and happiness just it's happiness tomorrow getting washing dry on the line tomorrow Friday clothes washing day

Very 'sage.'

[mackem 30,181]

The colours are vibrant today.

[Qbgrey 4,386]

That thing looks evil. Take your fingers off???? What Louisiana like Wolfe?? I fancy a little road trip type holiday .

[mackem 30,181]

3 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

That thing looks evil. Take your fingers off???? 

There's a stretch of road between two swamps here,the council have just put a kilometer long turtle fence along each side to protect snappers from crossing and getting squashed.Snappers are fast with a decent bite-force.

 

[mackem 30,181]

28 degrees and glorious sunshine over the weekend,the further north the more vibrant the colours.

[mackem 30,181]

Snake out yesterday catching one of the last sunny days before winter sets in.

[mackem 30,181]

Halloween is just around the corner.

 

[Bosun11 537]

'Ol Ike was handy on the pinks...

[jukel123 9,888]

I used to have a pen of pinks which had been 'pricked'. Birds which have been hit but not mortally. Sometimes I didn't have the heart to 'neck' them,   so I took them home. You  could get them hand tame after a few weeks. Once a young bird hit a pylon wire and was stunned. I took it back to the pen, it recovered and that same night it was eating from my hand! It stuck around for months, occasionally taking off and coming back. But when the migration home started he went for good.

[mackem 30,181]

10 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

 'pricked'. Birds which have been hit but not mortally

There's a lake behind the house,sometimes especially this time of the year theres hundreds of canada geese on it preparing to migrate south,I walk round it most mornings.Couple of weeks back I could hear distant shotguns popping off,the next morning I found three dead geese blown by the wind in the lake edge,I figured they had been pricked.

[jukel123 9,888]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

There's a lake behind the house,sometimes especially this time of the year theres hundreds of canada geese on it preparing to migrate south,I walk round it most mornings.Couple of weeks back I could hear distant shotguns popping off,the next morning I found three dead geese blown by the wind in the lake edge,I figured they had been pricked.

Some eventually die of injuries, it may take a while. The birds which survived  generally only had wing damage. A friend of mine also kept pricked birds and a pair actually bred.

[WataWalloper 3,987]

I hate geese witb a passion, an there wee cousins the gobby Fcuking ducks, dickheads the lot of them haha

[waltjnr 8,247]

1 minute ago, WataWalloper said:

I hate geese witb a passion, an there wee cousins the gobby Fcuking ducks, dickheads the lot of them haha

Bet you love coots !