once in a while, it sounds like the sky is falling. i scurry around looking out for meteors or frogs or shards of apocalyptic juju. it turned out again this morning that it was the guineas on the tin roof. they are some of the strangest critters i've lived with. all seven of them move as one unit, at all times. even aside from the roof antics, the sounds they make are horrid - have you ever heard them? something like metal being crunched, or buckshot with a twang. and it just goes on, and on, and on. they are skittish and hard for me to photograph close-up, so this is TTW (through-the-window) of them looking so innocent as they eat their fill of ticks.
Are they pets, neighbors, or dinner? Just curious?
ReplyDeletei think they are some kind of symbiont. we feed them, they entertain, eat ticks, and drop pretty feathers. they aren't what's for dinner. btw have you ever heard the racket they make? i need to find a good audio file.
ReplyDeleteSounds inconvenient ;) But really funny.
ReplyDeleteWow ! They might not sound nice but they sure look so ! Oh, these dreamy spotted feathers !
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I guess it's good they eat ticks!! How did you aquire them? And if they aren't dinner, and they aren't pleasant, what are they for? The TTW shot makes them seem very mysterious---ominous... lol!
ReplyDeletehaha perpetua! they are pleasant, you know! i love to watch them. like mel and mathyld say, they are soo funny and pretty. i love their clown faces and spotted feathers. like many friends, they can be annoying too sometimes ;)
ReplyDeletemy hub brought them home from the feed store as a surprise for me. little guineas are called "keets" and they had to live under a heat lamp on the porch for a couple of months before they were strong enough to go outside.
i love your blog btw! it sounds like we have much in common..
We have two guinea fowl - and we, and the neighbours, spend hours watching our very own wild life documentaries - the girls are very funny, very skittish, and very noisy when they "frighten" themselves. At sunset each night they clamber up into the pear tree, all the while screeching loudly that they are preparing for bed - not the most sensible broadcast, I'd have thought! Guinea fowl can save lives - we have jumping jack ants on our property; I am allergic to their bite (= anaphylaxis). Hopefully the girls will eat ALL the nasty ants and I will survive!
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