Birds of a feather

Usually people keep dogs, cats, fish...The normal stuff.

Jungle Lodge has a pair of really cool birds - geese.

Now, geese are very aggresive animals, and whenever anyone approached, they got all riled up, made loud 'honking' noises (which means, "back off!") and charged.

One male and one female.

















Like an old married couple, they waddle around the campsite together. I rarely saw one without the other. Only after someone pointed it out, i realized that when people went near, and they felt threatened, it was the male that would rush forward and attack, to protect his mate. He jaga her. And although some campers almost got pecked, it was so nice of him.

One night when i was outside the meeting hall alone, i saw the shadow of the two, waddling across the grassy field. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, my gaze followed their steady pace. Left, right...left, right...left, right...Suddenly, one stopped and started pecking at the ground (i assume found a worm?) but the other didnt notice and kept going till a few paces later. When (s)he did realize, (s)he abruptly halted, didn't budge till the other was done, caught up and then they continued their walk together.

It was a grin moment for me.