this morning we had a heavy fog which veiled hundreds of snow geese in the fields behind the house. i couldn't see them, but i could hear them gossiping! eventually the fog lifted enough that i could begin to see the acres of white birds standing in the newly plowed corn, and see others coming in for a landing.
as i was looking at the geese from the bedroom window i spotted movement closer to me and looking in the right edge of our yard, where the corn field meets the weeds... and there was a male ring-necked pheasant! he was talking, i assume, to the ladies that had not come into the yard yet. his legs and lower feathers were wet from the grass and he was preening them and waiting for the females. what a beautiful bird!
and hello late autumn in the north country!
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