A Walk in the Park

My mother reminded me this morning that fresh air is good for the soul. She's right. I've been sick with a cold quite a few days now and it was about time that I got outside. I tend to get a little stir-crazy if I'm inside too long so I decided to go for a little stroll in Golden Gate Park. It's not quite "nature" in my opinion, because you can't walk 10 feet without tripping over a sprinkler valve, but it's not too far off.

Before hand, I rustled around in the kitchen to gather all the stale bread-like substances I could find and ventured out to feed some ducks.

I was on my way to Stowe Lake, but I saw this little pond on the way, which was full of the most exotic-looking ducks I'd ever seen. These little guys had the funniest rubbery faces and the cutest eyes. They walked--or should I say--waddled over to me on the grass and looked up expectantly. As I was feeding them, a redtailed hawk swooped down right next to me and caught some kind of a mouse or vole or something, and took off to eat his lunch. It was an amazing catch and I wish I whipped out my camera faster.

Also, Many people don't like seagulls. They're loud and cunning and they're mean to all the other little birds... But I actually kind of like them. Or at least I liked the ones I saw today. They learned pretty quickly that my style of feeding was to toss the food in the air, so all the seagulls began to hover above me like flapping angels, ready to snatch the bread from the sky. I quite liked this game, and amazingly I got some pretty cool pictures.

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