Me: Sitting on the back porch, enjoying our coffee, I tell Rick, “Look at that big bird on the fence. He’s bigger than a mocker, sparrow or bluebird. I don’t think it’s a crane.”
Him: “What bird?”
Me: “1-2-3-4-5”
Him: “Where?”
Me: “I’m trying to GPS them for you. Five panels to the left of the tree.”
Him: “I only see two, not five.”
Me: “Not five birds, I was just trying to give you a location by counting five fence posts to the left of the big oak.”
He gets up to take pictures and then returns and sits down at his “office” laptop on the porch to blow them up.
Him: “They look like geese or ducks.”
Me: “They’re whistlers!”
He looks at me wondering how in the world I knew that.
This is for Teresa at TexWisGirl who taught me about whistlers. Look what Rick captured this morning south of you…your goofy birds.
How exciting, Georgette, to see a post from you! And, like you, because of Texwisgirl, I knew what they were!
I know you can understand my excitement. Thank you for reading about this sighting. There were two, but wouldn’t it be fun to see groups, bunches or teams of them like at Theresa’s place? hmmm…maybe we can start feeding?
What gorgeous yet silly birds!
It’s nice to see you! Hope you’re well.
Thank you for sharing in my excitement. We are very well, thank you, and busy in our new home of two years this June. I hope the same for you. Isn’t this election just the craziest? But you won’t see me posting about that.
You are far wiser than I am in leaving that lie!
M R ducks got wangs.
They certainly do as do the hawks, eagles and turkey vultures. I thank my husband for snapping these.
Gorgeous birds. or ducks. or whatever.
LOL Kate. Thank you for hopping over to read and comment. I can sense your excitement.
Hi Georgette! It’s so great to see you. Great photos!
Thank you, Jill for reading and commenting. I have my husband to credit for the photos.
Goofy birds are a nice welcome back, Georgette. I think you have been gone awhile. Right?
So nice to see you here. I have been gone awhile, and I don’t know when the next post will come. But when inspiration hits and the moment presents itself, I will shout it out here.
I have never heard of these birds so thanks for the information! Nice to see a post from you! I am usually behind on my blog reading so I miss many good posts.
Yes, Jonel, they roost along our Southern States. I love their black bellies, white wings and those orange beaks are a hoot. I, too, am very behind, but will surface every now and then.
I can’t tell how GOOD it is to ‘see’ you on here. And those goofy birds too!
What an interesting series of events yesterday morning: your post, my comment, and then a post flew into the yard. Awesome how things work out, and I know you already know that.
What beautiful coloring! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. I love the way you counted the fence posts to GPS the location, good country living. I miss those days sometimes, but fortunately I get to escape city life now and then.
Thank you for stopping by to ooo and ahh over these wonderful ducks. I had to be quick and luckily all was communicated in whispers as to not miss the opportunity. My husband mans the camera and is much more adept at not missing a shot.
Precious story – love the gps!! Y’all are too cute!
This was our first whistler sighting! See you soon.
How wonderful to see a post from you, Georgette! And I laughed and laughed at your goofy birds. I just saw my first whistlers at the Brazoria Wildlife Refuge last weekend — look at this one, showing off his wingspan. They’re beautiful birds — how lucky you are to have them right there at home.
I’m so glad you stopped by since-ahem- I have not been very regular here for quite sometime. I don’t know when the next post will come, but if it makes me tingle and want to shout it out, I will do that here. So glad I could work through the changes on wp since my last visit. Thank you so much for enjoying this “share,” I always enjoy your visits and comments.
Wow! They are beautiful birds. I never heard of Whistlers. Clever girl to I.D. them so easily. 🙂
Dor, I will always remember your “majestic turkey.” Isn’t the country a grand place? Thank you so much for sharing in our excitement.
So great to hear from you and see you are enjoying life, sitting and watching goofy birds with hubby. His pictures of the whistlers are great! ❤
We are. I thought of you when family from Spain came for my mother’s milestone birthday. We are enjoying country life. Take care, friend, in this fast developing crazy world.
Hello great post. I love Whistling Ducks. Great photos. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day and weekend ahead!
I’ve been gone a while, but when this fellow started walking along the top fence board, my husband took the pictures and I had to share.
Hi Georgette and many thanks for dropping by my Good Fences post today! I loved reading your narrative as well as admiring those sweet whistlers!
Have a happy day!
I enjoyed your daffodils, fence and scenic view beyond. Thanks for dropping by.
I enjoyed your GPS system! And your identification of whistlerss, thanks to Theresa. 🙂
I’ve been gone awhile, but just had to share with Good Fences, not only the fence but Mr. Whistler duck, too.
GPS tracking that’s funny! – How fun to see those Whistler’s on the Fence.
Your first comment came through just fine. I have moderation. So good to hear from you! I’ve been gone awhile, but when my husband captured not only the fence, but this black bellied whistler with pink feet, white-tipped wings and orange beak, I just had to share with Good Fences.
Oopsie don’t know if my comment went through so I’ll try again.
Your GPS tracking system was funny. It was so neat to see the Whistlers sitting on that fence. They are quite comical.
how exciting!
I was thrilled we spotted these two and just had to share. Thank you for stopping by.
so, so sweet! aren’t they the most adorable and goofy things!? so glad you have them!!!
Sooo glad you saw this. Thank you for coming by.
Well, we have two and this was our first sighting. I had commented to you before, I would be on the look out. Thank you for introducing us to these beautiful ducks.
just awesome! 🙂 good to see you today! i’ve not had much time for blogging and i miss that. and miss a lot of good folks like you. 🙂
I miss it, too. And when a moment like Tuesday’s presented itself, I felt “the call” and had to share with you. Wishing you the best and hope all is well. Take care.
Congrats on having your own set of silly ducks!
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Really awesome animated picture video thingy (sorry, I am not sure what these are called). I enjoyed looking at the awesome birds in the show.
Have a Happy Day!
Peace 🙂
Thank you for dropping by. I have wanted to sight them and then along came last Tuesday!
Yay! Hi, Georgette! Isn’t it interesting how much we’ve learned from blogging? It’s almost by osmosis, we don’t even know we know it until some goofy bird shows up and we know what it is upon first sight. I had a recent experience like that when I spotted a couple American Oyster Catchers sitting on the bridge railing near the botanical garden. So good to see you!
Thank you for oogling our whistlers! Only 2, not a village, but still thrilling all the same. So good to hear from you. I have been scarce lately, I know, but if something happens I will shout it out from here for sure. I sincerely hope all is well with you all. Thank you for understanding my excitement.
All is well here. It’s so good to hear from you. Are you being affected by the storms down that way?
School closures again today, not just in the Houston area but the suburbs and surrounding counties as well. Over a thousand homes flooded and no major street or highway is completely clear of water. Power is slowly being restored. Detours all the way. It’s been compared to Tropical Storm Allison and worse than last Memorial Day. It will take time to recover…again. We’re fine but holed up at home for now.
It’s been ages and I just realized that I am missing you. How are you?