I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly
8th February 2022 8/8
Hello Hello you awesome bunch of readers and writers!
How is your week, I wrote this last night but did not hit publish haha what a dope, oh well it is better late than never at all.
So without further ado and no more ramblings, let's go!
"I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly."
Joy Fielding.
That quote from Joy Fielding really resonates with me, and I think it is apt that her name is Joy!
As we are crypto fans it really has meaning as how often do we say ... Fly to the moon!
As some of you know, I am lucky enough to live five minutes walk from a wonderful park called Beveridge park in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland. This really is an amazing park with an awesome little lake that is now home to many birds of varying breeds. Whenever I want a pick me up, then off I toddle to the park and feed those birds, plus some furry wee creatures too, but today is about the quote so birds and feathered friends it will be!
It is also fun to watch them and see the dynamics at play and find out the pecking order.
There are a pair of mute swans, who rule the roost, and then it is a free for all.
This picture that I took is actually partway through my feeding of the ducks. You can actually see the rear end of the brown female mallard duck, I think it was Molly. To the left you can see the green head of the male mallard duck. You know in nature, quite often it is the males that are the brightly coloured ones.
That is actually one of my favourite pictures that I have taken from the park. I love the movement of the swan and the movement of the water and the movement of the flapping wings.
Mr swan (some of you will remember that I call him Stevie) has seen me and is coming steaming in to get his swan food. The gulls do try to bully the ducks, however, the gulls give way to the swans.
This picture has movement all over the place, the ripples of water the flapping of wings, looking at it now, I can still hear the gulls squawks!
The swans tend not to fly on the water though unless there are geese around and then they go into fly attack mode. They ALL love the duck and swan food that I buy and feed them, it is like wee brown pellets and it floats so there is no need for them to dive to eat it.
The little gulls are sneaky so and so's and they always do try to swoop in and get the food pellets from in between the swans.
The tufted ducks are just so cute, they remind me of little aquatic pandas with their black and white markings, well the males do, the females are brown and black. You see, it is the males again that stand out more to the naked eye.
They also love the food pellets and the swans are quite content to leave the tufted ducks alone.
As you can see the dynamics are fun to watch, and whenever I pop up there to feed them, I always without fail, walk away with a smile on my face.
Quite simply nature is awesome and we can learn so much from the animals!
Thank you for reading and enjoy the rest of your week.
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It is wonderful to read every time about your encounter with animals in the park, you have a lot of love for them. I really feel that love while reading.