The family of geese I have been nurturing since the spring disappeared last week. I assumed they had flown off, on the start of their great adventure!
Yesterday the combine harvesters were out in this part of Oxfordshire. Given the recent excellent weather, I assume wheat yields, will be up this year.
This morning just after day break I was walking Patch the collie across one of the newly threshed fields and found a flock of Canada Geese, presumably stocking up their grain reserves before migration. Just slightly away from the main group were nine birds in the same formation I had witnessed many times on the nearby pool. Whilst the main flock prepared for flight, my nine came trotting over to say goodbye. How good was that?
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