One of my goals for this year is to trust that my knee had mended well and walk more frequently with my favorite walking companion, Bubba, a rescued shepherd mix that I've had since he was about 4 weeks old. We're old pals Bub and I, he's 7 years old now... and he's adapted well to walking at my slower pace.
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| Bubba ~ Bright-eyed, bushy tailed, and ready to go! |
We went to Wilson Ponds, a 55 acre birding trail located about 5 minutes from home. We are fortunate to have an area like this so close to home.
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| Wilson Ponds, Nampa, Idaho has walking trails surrounding the ponds |
I said we walked but to put it more accurately, we moseyed around. There were a few other walkers and one jogger. The jogger passed us about four times whilst we were there. Every morning I hear geese flying over my house, most likely from Wilson Ponds, heading east, and most likely out to forage on the farmland between here and Boise.
I wasn't surprised to see so many waterfowl still lallygagging around, we have a lot in this area.
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| Coots, Mallards and Canadian Geese |
When a few of the geese took off for a quick surveillance of the area they passed directly and low overhead. The flapping of their heavy wings sounded like bumble bees buzzing right next to my ears.
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| Thar they go bzzzz |
We enjoyed a nice leisurely stroll but just towards the end of the path leading to the parking lot I noticed an American Kestrel on one of the overhead power lines. Fortunately I was able to snag a shot.
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