Yesterday the farmer with the huge corn fields along Buffalo Road harvested his crop. When I drove by both in the morning and at lunch time, on my way to work, there were big combines and dump trucks and various other farm equipment parked along the road. The field on one side of the road was already mowed down and they were working on the other side. I wanted to pull over and watch for a bit, but the dust they were raising seemed a bit much to battle.
This morning, on the way to work, the field on the right side of Buffalo Road seemed dark. I wondered briefly if the reapers had come back and removed the corn stalk stumps, but on closer inspection, I realized that the entire field was covered with geese. What a majestic sight! There were hundreds of geese sitting calmly on the ground. Just sitting. Not eating or preening or squawking. Just there. I wonder what the attraction is for them. Perhaps the lure of the rich dark earth?
I half wished they would take to the skies while I was watching. That would have been an incredible sight as well. But they just sat there, oblivious to the traffic speeding past. What a glorious way to start an otherwise foggy gray day!
This morning, on the way to work, the field on the right side of Buffalo Road seemed dark. I wondered briefly if the reapers had come back and removed the corn stalk stumps, but on closer inspection, I realized that the entire field was covered with geese. What a majestic sight! There were hundreds of geese sitting calmly on the ground. Just sitting. Not eating or preening or squawking. Just there. I wonder what the attraction is for them. Perhaps the lure of the rich dark earth?
I half wished they would take to the skies while I was watching. That would have been an incredible sight as well. But they just sat there, oblivious to the traffic speeding past. What a glorious way to start an otherwise foggy gray day!
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