In my last post, I mentioned that I got to spend New Year's Day with Hubby instead of taking down Christmas decorations. I thought I'd share a couple of the photos I took while we went for our a very low-key walk at the marina. We like to go for walks there along the water of the Carquinez Straits that lead from the inland delta of the Central Valley of California out to the San Francisco Bay. Fortunately, the marina and the water are just 2.3 miles (3.7 km) down the road from Rosehaven Cottage. It makes it easy to just go down there on a whim when the weather is perfect as it was on New Year's Day.
There was a nip in the air but the sun was out as were many families with their children. There were many people at the estuary pond feeding bread crumbs to the ducks and geese that live there. I was able to shoot lots of photos as the birds begged for food. It was great! Look at the goose on the left. I caught it as it was "dancing" to get the food that was about to be thrown. I expected the geese to be more aggressive but these two were quite cordial and polite. They displayed very good "goosey etiquette" and didn't bite the little boy that was feeding them no matter how long he took between handfuls.
There are lots of mallard ducks and "wild" geese at the estuary pond and then there are some that are hybrids. This one just cracked me up with its fancy bouffant hairdo! It was so cute just waddling around with its ducky friends completely unaware that its got a little somethin' going on in the back there. Remember the fifties hairstyle known as the "D.A.". That adds all new meaning to it, doesn't it? The other thing I like about this photo are all the cute orange ducky feet in the background. So bright and vibrant in the gorgeous January light I was fortunate to have for shooting the photos.
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