#swan geese

[high6]

Fragments of finished art. Winter postcards and illustrations for Russian fairy tales

#art #digital art #fragment #Illustration #swan geese #fox and thrush #cat #fox #fox illustration #bullfinch

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Most People: Ducks are so silly! Quack quack! Me: Anseriformes are one of the few groups of animals we know were probably present before and after the end-Cretaceous, meaning ducks are Survivors of Extraterrestrial Nuclear Winters, and we should all fear their power. Quack Quack.

#ducks #birds #geese #paleontology #birblr #swans #palaeoblr #waterfowl #screamers

[russianfolklore]

Natalya Trepenok's illustration for russian tales "The Magic Swan Geese".

#natalya trepenok #наталья трепенок #the magic swan geese #гуси лебеди #russian #slavic #russian tales #русские сказки #russian art #russian illustration #tale illustration #illustration #baba yaga

[rattyexplores]

Gruiformes: Porphyrio melanotus

Gruiformes: Gallinula tenebrosa

Anseriformes: Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus

Anseriformes: Chenonetta jubata

Gruiformes: Gallinula tenebrosa

Gruiformes: Fulica atra, note the wacky feet

Anseriformes: Anas superciliosa ssp. superciliosa

Charadriiformes: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Columbiformes: Ocyphaps lophotes

Various southern bird life, and some GIF footage.

25/03/23 - Aves spp. - Wollongong, urban botanical garden

#Porphyrio melanotus #Australasian Swamphen #Gruiformes #Aves #Birds #birbs #birblr #birdlr #Anseriformes #Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus #Domestic Greylag × Domestic Swan Goose #Waterfowl #geese #Chenonetta jubata #ducks #Australian Wood Duck #Fulica atra #Eurasian Coot #Coots #Anas superciliosa ssp. superciliosa #Pacific Black Duck #Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae #Silver Gull #Charadriiformes #Ocyphaps lophotes #Columbiformes #Crested Pigeon #pigeons #vertebrates #gifs

[coopzine]

The long-awaited special edition of COOP: duck, duck, goose! has arrived, and it's chock-a-block full of all kinds of birds!

You can read it for free on the archives page of our new website! As always there's both a printable version you can print and fold at home, and a digital version you can read from the comfort of your device.

Some contributors you may recognize from Tumblr in this edition are @babeaccuda who contributed a really cute piece of art of a duck enjoying a little snack, as well as @todaysbird whose amazing poem about turkeys is sure to make you think!

Thank you to all our contributors for this extra special zine! And extra special thanks to Larz Alexander Hagen (larzstarz_arts on Instagram) for the lovely piece we used on our cover.

We are always taking submissions to our general editions, so if you have chicken-centric poetry or art you want to see in a future edition of COOP, please consider submitting!

#duck duck goose #zines #art #poetry #chickens #birds #geese #ducks #peacocks #pigeons #crows #turkey #quail #swan

[despazito]

#PERSONALLY ive been antagonized less by geese than i have been by swans

[shalpilot]

it’s cold.

#one piece #trafalgar law #geese art #ALAS THIS IS A SWAN THE PROPHECY NEARLY CAME TRUE

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides)

(Photo by Craig Brelsford)

Conservation Status- Vulnerable

Habitat- Mongolia; Northern China; Russia

Size (Weight/Length)- 3 kg; 90 cm

Diet- Grasses; Roots; Leaves; Aquatic plants

Cool Facts- Despite being a goose through-and-through, the swan goose is named for its elegant neck. Males are typically heavier than females but both have equal responsibility for raising a family. Divorce rates are extremely low for swan geese and they typically mate for life, although they can remarry if their mate passes away. They live close to freshwater lakes and streams but they leave the water to graze on surrounding grass. Swan geese have been domesticated over the years for their large eggs, resulting in a slow decline of the wild population. Their temperament is typically pretty vicious, especially when goslings are present. They won’t hesitate to attack anything from raccoons to foxes to humans.

Rating- 12/10 (A 1.8 meter long wingspan.)

#animal of the day #animals #birds #geese #swans #sunday #november 5 #swan goose #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[hedgehog-moss]

At the village today I made small talk with the swan breeder (trying to steer the conversation to the topic of firewood because he makes it and I need a stere or two), so I start with asking how his swans are doing and he sighs and tells me one of his swans was decapitated by a wild boar in broad daylight the other day. I sort of winced sadly like aw yeah I hate when that happens. Not an optimal reaction but you expect conversations to go a certain way you know? and it’s hard to readjust your inner protocol when you’re like hi how are things! and they’re like great, aside from the headless swan. You need a whole other set of social graces to handle rural small talk. Anyway, the guy was being educational about it, explaining (with hand gestures) that swans attack by thrusting their head forward, so like, it happens. (The boar guillotine happens.) At a loss for what to say I asked, do you lose swans often? And he says “no, not very often, but for example I made a local enemy (a person I mean) a while ago so that guy stole a swan from me and ate it.” As you do!!! This is why I live alone in the woods, I just don’t know where to take a conversation from there. Still, in between two anecdotes about swan beheading and assassination I managed awkwardly to secure my winter’s supply of firewood.

#i've mentioned him on here before but he might need a new nickname in the future because he is thinking of #moving away from swan farming #and replace them with geese #i think geese are meaner than swans? i hope they'll be able to hold their own #against adversity in all of its forms

[wizardhecker]

In case you didn't get enough of my ducks and wet birds last year, I've combined them all into one big beautiful picture so they can huddle together for warmth in these cold winter months.

How many of them can you name?

Just like a baby duckling imprints on its mother you can also imprint on this picture at my inprnt shop here.

#fennes dumb drawings #ducks #geese #loon #grebe #swan #bufflehead #birds #nature #art

[kedreeva]

(disclaimer: I am not saying this from a place of hostility to geese)

how did 3-year old you survive feeding geese :( when I was 4 I was feeding ducks and geese (which I was about the same height as at the time) at a local pond and they chased me and tried to bite me until my parents picked me up and ran. I didn't try to scare them and I was a generally quiet child, do I just have Bad Vibes to them or something? or is it something to do with their past experiences/socialization as Pond Ducks/Geese? nowadays whenever a goose or swan so much as starts staring at me I'm like "ok time to go :)"

Without knowing more about the situation, I can't say what particular thing you did, but I can say that geese don't chase people for no reason at all. It's possible you got too close rather than letting them come to you, it's possible you were just plain too close to their nesting site, it's possible you performed a movement that (in goose) suggested your desire to start a dispute. It's possible you were feeding them from your hands and they associated your hands with food, and were simply looking for more food, or attempting to chase you away from the food.

And to be clear, I'm definitely not advocating for people letting small children feed geese, honestly no one should be feeding wild animals, mostly because it familiarizes wildlife with humans and that can be bad, but also because it opens too many opportunities for humans to do the wrong things and end up hurt or scared. As a 4yo, it wasn't your responsibility to know how to interact with geese- it was your parents' job to monitor your actions, the actions and reactions of the geese, and remove you from the situation before it became a problem (or not put you in that position in the first place). The geese are blameless for acting like geese and you are blameless by reason of being 4 years old.

I ALSO want to be clear that being SCARED of something DOES NOT equal HATING something. Hate can stem from fear, and fear can stem from hate, but they are not the same thing. There are PLENTY of people, for example, who are terrified of spiders but who will either remove them from a place with a cup and paper, or fetch someone to do so, to prevent a spider from dying for the crime of being small. You (general) can be afraid of something and still treat it with respect. You do not have to hate the things you are afraid of.

#geese #be afraid of them all you want #it's the people acting like geese are the villains in their origin story that are my problem #asks #anon asks #we always mind our business around waterfowl and other wild birds #I had a group of geese in the street with their babies once #and I needed to leave work to go home #and instead of trying to chase them out of the road #I gave them some of the bird-safe treats in my car and then walks into the grass #and they followed me looking for more #So i tossed some into the grass and left via the now-clear road with no conflict #you just gotta ask them not tell them #and again..... they literally cannot chase you if you don't run #and they're more bark than bite they do not actually want to fight you #unlike swans who DO want to fight you

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Birds

Galliformes. This order contains chickens, turkeys, quail, and peafowl

Anseriformes. This order is made up of waterfowl, including ducks, geese, and swans

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #chickens #turkeys #quails #birds #tetrapods #ducks #geese #swans #Galliformes #Anseriformes #0x37v0xc8 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[foldingfittedsheets]

@svenderthings took out this very silly commission based on a meme.

Here's Charles fleeing an excitable goose! If you'd like to take out a 20 minutes for $20 commission, shoot me a DM!

#art #my art #20 for 20 #charles #leda and the swan princess #in this version I guess he was practicing with geese and working his way up to a swan haha

[russianfolklore]

Ivan Tsygankov's illustration for russian tale "The Magic Swan Geese".

#ivan tsygankov #иван цыганков #the magic swan geese #гуси лебеди #russian #slavic #russian tales #русские сказки #russian illustration #illustration #baba yaga #баба яга

[abirddogmoment]

The birds are back 💛

#ndr #birds my beloved #find me where the wild things are #tundra swan #greater white fronted goose #i am sooooo happy and soooo fortunate so get to go see them #i saw thousands of swans and geese of all kinds #it was such a nice trip #i love spring migration so much #hope sounds a whole lot like the honking of our migratory waterfowl as they fly overhead and roost in our fields 💛

[oursuperadventure]

Pssst! CATS AND SNACKS LAUNCHES TOMORROW! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarahgraley/our-super-adventure-cats-and-snacks-vol-4 (Follow the page to be the first to know when it goes live!)

Look, whether it was a goose or a swan, I'm staying prepared, just in case!

#comics #webcomic #uk comics #our super adventure #relatable #swans #geese #sarah graley #funny