Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Some Feather Details

Preening or feather maintenance is incredibly important for a bird, but what I wanted to call your attention to was this:
Wait for it…
Chasing off the geese.
How all the neck feathers bristle.
And then back to calm.

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mthew

2 responses to “Some Feather Details”

  1. Chuck McAlexander

    Wonderful! Beautiful bird and a great punchline. Either goose could have easily won any kind of fight with the heron but, to paraphrase an adage, it’s not the bird in the fight. It’s the fight in the bird.

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  2. Paul Lamb

    I don’t think herons can ever be calm. I think it’s all an act with them and that they’re constantly enraged about something. They probably need therapy.

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