Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Helmets On The Loose Again

Driving along the highway today, we saw that the Helmeted Guinea Fowl had escaped again, and were trying to cross the road. Of course we stopped to let them cross to their yard. But we also followed them just a bit, taking pictures. This made them so MAD! They fussed and yelled at the top of their little voices. It's always fun to see them.


This one turned around to tell me off.



“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” ~Jean de La Fontaine


15 comments:

Reanaclaire said...

How funny! They must be yelling out of fear and defence... :)

MadSnapper said...

I have never even heard of these birds before, and they are so cute marching across the road, we don't have these, but we have ducks that do this a LOT.. you said to their yard, so these must not be wild but domestic

Ann said...

Well aren't they interesting looking birds. Are they normally fenced in somewhere that they escaped from? At least they all stick together and travel in a group

DeniseinVA said...

Great shots of these extraordinary birds. I have seen them up close at a fall festival vthey were in a coup. Their feather patterns are truly beautiful.

DeniseinVA said...

I also meant to say that your header shot is beautiful! A lovely portrait of the bird with such a pretty background.

George said...

They shouldn't be fussing at you since you were simply trying to see them safely home{ You got some great pictures/

Nancy Chan said...

I haven't heard or seen these birds before. I like the header shot and the one which they turned around to tell you off!

Carla from The River said...

LOL ... they are so funny!

Unknown said...

Haha! So fun and always such a delightful surprise to see something like this!

Karen said...

That is comical. I don't remember seeing guineas, but we sure have a lot of Canadian geese here and they will block out driveway to the apartments sometimes.

DawnTreader said...

LOL... Look like they should have their own pedestrian crossing...!

Chatty Crone said...

Those Helmeted Guinea Fowl don't have to good of a personality there do they?

Love that quote gets you to thinking.

LV said...

Another great and entertaining adventure. I am going to have to get out more.

Ruth Hiebert said...

They look like miniature soldiers off to war.

Lois said...

How cute! Your photos are wonderful.

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