A year ago, our neighbor in the campo’s flock of guineas was down to two, from six.
And they were both males. So they got six more, expecting similar attrition (which hasn’t happened). And they’re more sociable than ever. As I was leaning on the gate talking to the neighbor, one, then another, then two more fluttered up next to me.
Then they all followed us back to our place, where one of these days I’ll get back to making kitchen cabinets. (Found a stainless steel 20-tube 150 liter solar hot water heater the other day for USD 675 🙂
Then we got back to town, wondering if we had really left a bag of garbage on a chair with the gate open? Last time we did that wandering dogs left a mess. But no, simply several kilos of oranges left for us by another Uruguayan friend.
Nice.
I’m so glad I read this. I saw two birds just like the ones in the pictures running down the road, driving my dogs crazy! They were on the other side of the fence – lucky for the birds. I had never seen anything like them before and wanted to find out what they were. Now I know – Thanks Doug!
A Bold Fowl, and It’s Not Chicken: http://nyti.ms/1tWcF50
For those of us not accustomed to killing the animals we eat, the present the classic problem, since these guys are quite the lovable characters.