We are April 12.
This is Spring time and to our great pleasure the geese are back for a good three weeks now, honking loudly, a prelude to Summer and warmer weather.
The ducks landed here about a week later.
For us, this time of the year usually also means sunny and windy weather, with wind gusting to 50 km - 70 km/hour.
Yesterday afternoon, I watched two ducks flying off the neighbour's ditch full of water, flying into the head wind as hard and fast as they could, hardly advancing.
Then, all of a sudden turning around and flying fast in the tail wind, passing at the speed of bullets, and with a big splash landing back into the ditch full of water.
This must have been lots of fun because the two ducks did that several times, obviously enjoying the tail wind!
This is Spring time and to our great pleasure the geese are back for a good three weeks now, honking loudly, a prelude to Summer and warmer weather.
The ducks landed here about a week later.
For us, this time of the year usually also means sunny and windy weather, with wind gusting to 50 km - 70 km/hour.
Yesterday afternoon, I watched two ducks flying off the neighbour's ditch full of water, flying into the head wind as hard and fast as they could, hardly advancing.
Then, all of a sudden turning around and flying fast in the tail wind, passing at the speed of bullets, and with a big splash landing back into the ditch full of water.
This must have been lots of fun because the two ducks did that several times, obviously enjoying the tail wind!
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