200: The rest of the story
Posted: April 11, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Earth, goals, Healthful Living Plan, hiking, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Canada Goose, clouds, pond, Portage Lakes State Park, postaday2011, trees, wwwp5k 22 Comments
(Waddling away.)
If you missed part one of this epic saga, you can find it here.
When I left off yesterday, M and I had just finished taking a break at the beach, having accomplished what we set out to do: hike a 5k (we were participating in Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k). Our duck companions went back to swimming around in the lake while we made our way across the beach where we encountered one goose bullying another.
Showing off
The goose being bullied and chased away had this going on:
It looks terribly uncomfortable to me, as if the band might be choking him. I realize neck bands are used for research purposes, but I think they might want to rethink the design of the neck band for the Canada Goose. I know there are plenty of them and I probably shouldn’t worry too much about them, but I don’t like seeing any creature uncomfortable or in pain. Whatever happened to leg banding?
199: An interesting 5k
Posted: April 10, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Critters, Earth, goals, hiking, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: 5k hike, ducks, geese, Hiking, Portage Lakes, Portage Lakes State Park, postaday2011, Shoreline Trail, snakes, wwwp5k 37 Comments
(Near the starting point.)
Well, I have to say… that was a rather interesting (and sometimes strange) 5k. M and I, in our quest to better know the area in which we live (filed under “local tourists”), decided to take a 5.1 mile hike at Portage Lakes State Park. We have driven past it on the highway numerous times, always with one of us remarking, “We ought to go hiking there sometime.”
I guess we can check that one off of our list.
(Note: We were hiking a 5k as participants in Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k.)
