Headed out on a few excursions today. Abe, the dog, tagged along which after the fact, I should have left him home, but I feel bad leaving him home alone. So, I headed west out to Hwy 19 and to the Parker, SD area. A co-worker had told me that there were snow geese out that direction. Nothing like getting out and seeing the country on a cold windy day! I did find a few fields of snow geese, but the geese were out a bit to far for my lens. Then I see a bald eagle in the ditch eating on something. This is when I wish I had a fancy mail delivery car or we had the same law as are England or, at the very least, had left Abe home! I drove down the road and turned around and drove slow back to where the eagle was having lunch. I made sure there were no cars coming and I slowly drove closer. Of course the bald eagle was very wise and took off. I tried to snap a few pics but they are all over exposed...DAMN! I turn around and looked back into the trees where the bald had escaped and saw a big golden eagle sitting in the trees. Seeing a bald and a golden eagle made my day! I decided after a few country mud roads it was time to head back to town for a birthday party!
Today the Great Plains Zoo had a one year birthday party for their three Amur Tigers. The tigers had frozen meat cakes to eat and play with. The crowd sang happy birthday to them. I truly get a kick out of watching the Amur Tigers! Of course I snapped a few pics as always.
They also have a new addition to the primate exhibit. A little three week old gibbon. What a cutie.
Enjoy the pics.............
March 12, 2011
An excursion and a birthday party!
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There were several snow geese "blooming" on Friday just up the road on Westport from UPS and the Ramkota on the land that will be the new youth football fields. I was very surprised to see wild (non native Giant Canadian geese that are always here) so close to both the airport and essentially in town.
It is common for bald eagles to migrate with the big flocks. They feed on the very old, wounded, or very dumb geese.
That is the biggest turkey EVER!
Cool tigger pics.
Beautiful photos! So sharp and great color! I saw an eagle coming home from work one day last week, of course, I didn't have my camera with me!
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