Eyeing up the Prize
Hello Hello to all Hivians and indeed anyone reading this.
Some of my favourite posts to write on Hive are the feathered friends posts, especially as the rewards go to buying their food in the park.
The pictures in this post were all taken on August 17th 2025. A day I know well as it was my birthday lol! Some of these pictures were used to make the lead image for this post on Canva by the author.
Birds of the Park or in this case birds of the pond!
Swans...
No you numpty not those ones...
Ok okay you mean these ones ....
Yeah, but they are fluffing miles away, they don't look very big from here.. Remember @nelinoeva said big bird!
Okay let's walk around to that side of the pond...
This year we had four babies who are growing up fast as you can see!
Mum was still keeping an eye on them though...
Dad meanwhile as in full preen mode!
King of the Pond
Molly and Martha Mallard were following the crowd...
Dad just needs a wee bit more preening
ahhhh got it!
Ready for the Prize ....
Location Location Location ...
... is what prime real estate is all about
Eyeing up the bag of food
This couple are good and actually feed them proper food. The ones feeding them bread, I do have a wee word at...
I like that one as it shows how big mute swans are...
This post though, is an entry for this week's Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 235 hosted by the wonderful @nelinoeva in the fantastic Feathered Friends community on Hive.
And I shall pick this one for the entry
Eyeing up the Prize
That was a tricky choice to make and a process of elimination.
I keep changing my mind lol!
Here is big Dad and his fluffing big feet!
What do you think? Was that your favourite?
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated..
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@tengolotodo September 12th 2025
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The swans are doing well and the babies are so big indeed.
Ah, how clever they are. Spotting the food bag - an awesome shot. 🙂
hehe yeah they have good vision. Whenever I go there now some of the birds come zooming over the water, especially some of the female mallards.
That was a fun prompt this one!
Those birds sure aren't dumb, they see the food bag a sucker the moment they see it. You got some great bird pictures, and a couple boats too! lol
Birds are always fun to watch, and the geese like to be the big bullies as always. They will chase you away unless you feeding them, then they become your very best friends. Funny how that works?
Great job, I love your bird posts, they're always a lot of fun!
They are smart fluffers and often we can learn from them. He saw the guy with bird food on the left of the ice cream van picture, and watched him as he walked and then fed them all.
They are fun to watch and during Covid were a real blessing. These are my fun posts where I try to make some stories with the pictures, so I do love the fact that you think they are fun!
How they've grown! And time flies. It's been almost a month since your birthday. I'm sure you bought ice cream that day. I hope the weather allows for more pleasant outings like this one. A hug from photography. 🫂📸
Yes almost a month ago and I did get an ice cream. Well the weather has turned so it will be wrapping up in a coat if the sun ever comes back lol
Good choice. I also like the one that mum is keeping an eye on them. Btw they look like mum. Nothing in dads genes😛😁.
Hello dear friend @tengolotodo, how are you?
What a lovely way to spend a birthday, surrounded by feathered friends.
These birds are adorable, and they seem to enjoy being around people.
Beautiful shots.
Have a great day.
Thank you jlufer it really was a great birthday. Of course I did have to have an ice cream. The feathered friends are always gorgeous and we fed them first.
Have a great weekend :)
Lolsss,Daddy swan was doing some grooming and left mummy Sean alone to look after the kids....hehe.
The swans are cute though.
Happy belated birthday to you boss boss 🎂
Hehe they are cure and the parents take their jobs seriously lol!
Aha thank you for the honey cake
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I can't remember, do you guys have geese there? Those pricks are mean!
Hehe yeah not as common as in England but we have them, they used to be used as guardgeese around whisky bond warehouses!
Oh really? That is interesting!
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Thanks Mel 🐦⬛