There is a colony (nest, roost, flock, whatever the name) of swans that live in the waterway about 100 yards from our apartment. Everyday, two of them venture up the canal next to our apartment. It is always two, leading me to suspect that they are the same two as there is a big one leading and a smaller one always behind. And no more than two ever come in the canal for some reason.
But one cool thing about them being close is whenever we have bread for dinner and don't finish, that means a visit to the swans the next day.
They are kind of intimidating (okay really intimidating), but once you get used to feeding them you can have them take the bread directly out of your hands:
This is the last day of the Spokane Tobin's visit:
The background is a famous portrait of Galway. Many of you might have received a postcard with this exact portrait. Just without the US and Mexican contingent:
We just have to time our feeding so that it does NOT coincide with this guys visit as our feeding one piece at a time system gets drowned out when he starts throwing whole loaves of bread at the swans:
But this photo gives you an idea of just how many swans live here.
They are not exactly a replacement for Porfi, but at least the swans keep our avian care gene fullfilled.
1 comment:
Loved this post! Very cute..I like my photo feeding him..
Paty
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