FEED THE BIRDS

 

Logan’s Landing is one of my favorite places to visit.  There is always a variety of waterfowl there to photograph, many of them unusual, including Cackling Geese, Tundra Swans, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, and Double-crested Cormorants.
 

 There are always people watching, including a lot of birders.  On this particular day, a man was actively feeding the waterfowl, throwing out large hunks of bread.

 

 It was great fun watching and working on photographing birds in flight, known as BIF in photographer parlance. 

 

 I was able to get some close-ups of gulls, who were the biggest participators in the feasting.  Not surprising, because gulls always seem to be scavenging for potential food sources.

 

 The gulls weren’t only in the air.  Many were waiting in the water for the bread to descend.  There was one Tundra Swan too trying to get in on the action.

 

 A group of mallards was there also, but they seemed more interested in sucking icicles than grabbing for the bread.

 

 Remember the movie Mary Poppins, when Julie Andrews sang about the old beggar woman who sold bags of breadcrumbs to passers-by so they could feed the pigeons?  She sang: 

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Feed the birds, that’s what she cries,
While overhead, her birds fill the skies.

That's what this whole scene at Logan's Landing reminded me of.