Hey! Get Off Of My Dock! April 30, 2016
Posted by nrhatch in Animals, Humor, Nature.trackback
On a gorgeous “winter” day, we headed next door to Neal Preserve.
As we walked down the dock, two Ibis gave us a watchful eye.
And then the more vocal of the two bellowed “Get Off My Dock.”
As soon as we stopped our approach, he stopped his squawking.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Spirit Lights The Way 
It’s the ibis version of “Get off my lawn!”
Exactly!
They had a great view and they were not going to share! Nice pictures, Nancy! Lucky you that you have a great view from your home. Good Morning!
Morning, Pix. Hope the Tiny Ten is bouncing back after the wicked weather this week.
What no joke on a Saturday? Love the pics though. They were just protecting their turf or perhaps that is their fishing pier.
The joke pipeline dried up ~ either that or Joe decided the jokes weren’t ready for prime time.
I’ll still aim for light-hearted posts on Saturday. Nothing “heavy.”
What a gorgeous day! Everything is so blue!
Blue skies are a pleasure to behold . . . even if we got squawked at by Mr. Ibis.
do they always travel in pairs?
Ibis seem pretty social. Sometimes a whole group of them will gather to “aerate” the grass en mass.
Glad they decided to share!
After saying bye-bye to those Ibis, we climbed the observation tower for an even better view of the intercoastal.
Lucky!!!
Nice of them to stick around speak up. Sea gulls usually fly away instead of standing up for themselves.
The birds around here seem bolder than birds elsewhere ~ they may adjust position when approached but rarely bother to fly away. In Maryland, Great Blue Herons took off from the dock next door if we went out on our deck. Here, I can wander within a yard or two of a GBH on the beach.
I’m glad that they “stand their ground.”
With a gorgeous view like that who could blame them for being territorial?
They like those Wide Open Spaces!
The own that dock, Nancy! What glorious pictures 😀
I enjoyed snapping that Ibis as he snapped at me.
You were trespassing on their territory, Nancy. 🙂 Lovely shots.
They had squatters (and squawkers) rights!
😀
Looks like it was a glorious day, Nancy. So glad they decided to let you stay!
Can’t blame them for wanting to keep a safe distance.
LOL! How fun – what a great view, I probably wouldn’t want to share either!!!
Close Encounters of the Bird Kind!
Looks so lovely and peaceful, Nancy, despite the controlling birds. 🙂
We’re fortunate to have so many nature preserves around us ~ with an ample diversity of “bossy birds” to keep us on our toes!