Wildlife diary

Wildlife tales and photography by Kriss MacDonald as part of her nature diary.

four domestic white geese

Quartet of Geese

Last week I encountered a rather noisy quartet of geese while my daughter had a riding lesson. It wasn’t a gaggle as apparently you need five geese on the ground to call them this. This honking quartet of domestic white geese were quite a contrast to the quiet goslings with mother goose I watched earlier […]

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birds landing on wire

Birds on a wire

  I wondered about the origin of the phrase ‘a bird on a wire’ or ‘birds on a wire’ but couldn’t find an answer. Some believe that the expression comes from Leonard Cohen’s song: Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Or maybe it’s

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