South African birdlife at it's best.
Mother nature's own bird sanctuary and nursery on show here.
Now watch as there is a double line of geese coming in to fly over (15 photos).
Things can change very quickly here in our safe place where we come to get rid of our stresses and recharge our soul's batteries with peace and serenity. So I will show you the most Egyptian geese that I have ever seen together, all in the wild.
They have obviously established their colony here a few years ago, as it is near the mountains and so many geese together can take care of any predators. They are also very good insect clearers in the planted fields of this farm.
The grape vines also benefit from their presence as they keep them clear from snails and such.
So let's have a look at them.
Things happen very fast here as this below was the view a moment ago.
And soon the skies were filled with flying Egyptian geese.
They landed at a distance near a forest on the farm, and also in other places.
There was also a tribe of guinea fowl that seemed to be old friends with the geese.
And here is nature's goose nursery. All of the geese were born here.
A dad leading the goslings (baby geese) here below.
They crossed under the wooden bridge that you saw above. Dad in the front and mom in the rear.
Now watch this lesson in the next two photos. Here mom leads the babies to teach them that they should take a sip of water before they enter the dam.
And yes you can see the babies also starting now to take a sip of water before they come in to swim.
Finally, a most peaceful setting don't you think?
There are many wine farms of repute in the Western Cape province and most of them allow the public to visit their farms. Some have lovely outdoor restaurants and wine tasting centers. One can even watch the wine making process and they also have a range of activities available, such as mountain biking, walking trails, horse riding, zip-lining, and other such adventures.
The great thing is that they kept the farms as close to nature as they could. A huge amount of tourists, from all over the world, visit the farms regularly. This particular farm also has a lovely open air restaurant and tours to their prestigious wine cellars. There is also a museum in the original farmhouse, that state presidents and royalty visited in the old days.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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I bet the farmer is glad to have these natural pest controllers visit his farm.
Oh yes and all of the many other farms around here have a few of them, but I have not seen these numbers of them on other farms.
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Such a beautiful area, and I love watching the geese when they fly by in big groups
here we have the Canadian Geese, beautiful to watch flying, but you have to watch your step in areas they like to land on if you know what I mean LOL
Thank you and one of our favorite places to visit.
Are the Canadian geese the big white ones? Like this?
And yes I know that the areas where they land are full of what we call "landmines"
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Lol at landmines
Canadian geese are grey and black
Ah, okay then the white geese must be from somewhere else then.
I will investigate.
I am now curious as well I will also investigate
Right, let me know what you discover.
It’s not that exciting according to this page there domestic geese
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_goose
Thanks for the link, but they are still nice birds.
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Those birds are so beautiful, friend.
They can really tell about the diversity of the wildlife of Africa.
Thank you and yes, we are blessed with a wide variety of animals and birds over here.
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Harry and Sally would love that place! I do wonder, what is the benefit of taking a sip of water before swimming?
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Nope, Harry will not live for one day there, as he would try to fight them all.
I think that they take a sip to match their insides to the temperature of the water before they swim.
But I will have a look at it.
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Wow, he won't even accept his own kind??? He really is a lone warrior :) ...
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Exactly right, as Harry has always been a lone ranger with Sally at his side.
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Isn't that rare for geese? Those two are an amazing pair :) ...
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Yep! It is and they were there when we moved into the place, so it has been going on for a long time.
The previous owner was an old lady and maybe she raised them, so when she died we moved in and simply took over the feeding of them.
They remain wild and don't sleep in the garden and we love them.
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Amazing :) ... I hope one day they have their own flock.
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Well in the 3 years that we lived both lots of their babies every year were all taken by predators.
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Maybe one day, some will make it :) ...
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Hahaha, yes me too and it was a great surprise.
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Experimenting in tokens is fun! :) You should give it a try with Hivebits. Reply some time with ! HBIT or ! hbit (no space).
I see you used the Hivebits command. I'm not sure why it didn't go through. Hmm. Hope you try again. It should have worked, but maybe try ! hbit (without the space).
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Oh yes, I am not one that gives up easily and will just continue.
So you say that I should try this !hbit ?
Will try it now.
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Yep, it worked! :)
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Thank you and I see that it can also work in capitals. Great!
I feel like catching the bird because it's a lot