I so wish that I could hear what the male was shouting :)
Shouting in the wind reminds me so of the song by Bob Dylan called "Blowing in the wind".
This incessant wind is bringing in the heat, and we are faced with very hot temperatures over the next few days. It would be bearable if the wind would continue on the hot days, but when the wind stops the heat steps in to fry us. Definitely not a pleasant situation, and what we have noticed is that people become short tempered in the heat. We pity the newcomers in this area, as they will not be used to the weather here, very much the same when we arrived here.
But South Africans are known to be plan-makers, and I am sure that they will find ways to try and avoid the heat. We made the mistake of buying a portable air conditioner and it was a waste of money, as not only did it have no effect, but it also chased up the electricity bills.
At least we don't go about shouting at the wind like the goose did.
They were sitting on that old stump that you see sticking out in front of the mountain, and so I zoomed there.
Two closer shots below of the Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca).
Oops! The wind almost caused him to lose his footing.
This made him very angry, as if he could not get any angrier. And now look how he shouts.
Haughty he lifted his head in a challenge to the wind, to blow them off the stump.
I normally get only one bird sitting on the antennae.
But now I snapped a family on it.
It was dad, mom, and junior sitting on it. Three birds with two shots.
Always fun to be out there on the farms, as there is always something going on. We have a wide selection of places to visit, and we see many people also walking around with their cameras. It is amazing to see how many take photos of themselves with the mountains in the background. I think they call it selfies, and that's not we do as there are much more interesting views than sticking my snoz in a picture online. I made a short video yesterday to show a bird on a pincushion flower being whipped around by the wind, and I will share it sometime.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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