#also handfed red breasted geese at a waterfowl center :D

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I have recently started observing pigeons and I find them fascinating and beautiful!! Do you like pigeons?? Also geese are pretty cool :)

pigeons!! i love pigeons!! and doves!! theres pigeons in town that ive gotten to land on my hand, arms + lap before!! i think at 1 point i had about 6 pigeons on me, it was v fun. my fave pigeon breed is the lahore pigeon, theyre so pretty!! but feral pigeons are beautiful too. in terms of wild species, idk if doves count, but im a big fan of luzon bleeding heart doves :D

and GEESE!! i love love love geese!! in the winter we get flocks of barnacle and brent geese that migrate here! in other parts of the country theres greylag + greenland white fronted geese! we also get a few more unusual geese, such as pink footed, bean + cackling geese! my fave goose species are barnacle geese, kelp geese + red breasted geese!

also heres a fun goose experience i had: i live in a housing estate + 1 morning i looked out the window to see. a canada goose taking a stroll down the street. now as you can imagine this was. Very Unusual. my dad + myself went out and a few neighbours were like “wtf is a goose doing here”. fortunately theres a nearby raptor center who takes in wild animals who need help. so we caught the goose in a blanket and i went through a 10 minute car journey on a bumpy road holding a canada goose wrapped in a blanket. we got mr goose to the center and, since theres a small number of feral canada geese on a nearby lake, the guy who runs the center said hed release it there. well after a few weeks it showed up again but since it seemed healthy + scared all the local dogs from bothering it we just left it to its own devices. it hung around for a few hours before leaving. hope its doing ok out there in the world

lots of ppl say geese are evil and it makes me sad :( theyre just defensive. and this goose was very agreeable considering the situation