Charlie and birds....

Charlie going out to greet the Canadian geese this morning...

I see him looking back at me...kind of saying- "They're okay".

One of the nicest parts about living on the water--all the fall birds that come in to visit!

This morning was a flock of Canadian geese.

One of our dogs Charlie went to investigate them. I wasn't sure if he'd bark- I mean talk to them- but he minded his manners about sharing his waterway....

Visitors on Fishing Creek...

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Canadian Geese came by thousands to rest on Fishing Creek... I called my parents because their dog "Sam" LOVES bird watching...So they made the trip to stay with us this past weekend. But what happened was a bit of a surprise. Yes the Canadian Geese were there- and we enjoyed their beauty- even their chatting... AND then the next morning they were gone-poof! Thousands of them had moved on... BUT what moved in was very unexpected... hundreds of beautiful white swans... it was magical and I'm happy my parents were here to share this with us...

Feeding the neighbors....

This was life on Fishing Creek today~ when a few of the neighbors decided to stop/fly by....

I can see them from my kitchen window....

I move in closer~ starting to "click" away...

Finally on our pier~ and surprisingly I didn't scare them off!

A seagull lands on our post...so I go back inside to grab some bread

And soon there's a party! Candian geese & Maryland seagulls...

More & more came to eat... It really was fun watching them! And finally a pic of my "Christmas Rose" in a little garden next to my studio...

Tonite's Unexpected Visitor....

"Well look at that" my husband said pointing to the kitchen window...We think it was a white Dove. Was it? As I moved closer to take more pictures, the white bird wasn't scared...

I was able to move right next to the window...
and closer...Only when we went outside it flew up on our garage...
My Buddy tried to have the bird come down on his hand...We think it wanted to, so we think this bird was not wild. Even Bella wanted the bird to come down...

Here's Bella wishing the bird would come down...

Does anyone know if this was a Dove? It did fly away. We really wished we could have caught it ~ thinking it was someone's missing pet...

Post Script: The sighting of a white dove means~ Peace. It was a very warm feeling that a white dove decided to visit us out of the blue tonite. I hope to makes it appearance again...