February 10

February 10, 2008 by OrientSee.

I don’t think of myself as a bully quite the contrary. Yet upon encountering a small band of Canada Geese, the geese were the ones to take off. I have had personal experience with geese and they are not birds to trifle with. Some distilleries in Scotland actually use geese to guard their whiskey. Geese can be vicious and in numbers they certainly can overwhelm any human. That’s what makes it so ironic is to see these impressive birds fly away when confronted with this retired librarian. For a few seconds the old testosterone burbled up. In any case they are magnificent to watch as they take wing. The other small notes to the day. The starlings are changing over to their iridescent shark skin suits. Spring is definitely getting closer. I thought for a moment this morning that I heard a Redwing Blackbird. I’m not sure and it could have just been my overactive imagination. I didn’t see it yet it is the best sign of spring yet.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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