Nature Walks – A Christmas Gathering

My winter ducks and geese are beginning to gather around my lakes for Christmas, just as we do with our family and friends. I would hazard a guess to say that most of us have a wide variety of friends, with many different backgrounds. The ducks and geese are no different. Today, I had so many ducks and geese all visiting together and catching up on what’s new with life on the lakes.

Of course I had my Canadians,

and my Mallards. They are always here, and they were welcoming in their family and friends who were flying in from all over.

And just like every family gathering, there were disagreements and ruffled feathers. But in the end, everyone was enjoying themselves and getting along.

The Cacklings were flying in. My Cacklings and Canadians are very similar. The only real differences I can see are that the Cacklings are about 1/2 the size of the Canadians, and they speak a slightly different dialect, with a different accent, just like we do.

There were also a few American Widgeons,

Ringnecks,

Hooded Mergansers,

and some Common Goldeneyes too.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to one and to all.