Manito Park Adventure

I had an appointment with the Midwife on Tuesday in Spokane and we don't like to waste gas for a 30 min appointment so we always make a trip of it and go bait the ducks and geese in with bread at the pond in Manito Park! There are usually a lot more but since the pond is mostly frozen there was only a few but the kids always love to see and feed them. Of course a lot of that has to do with their Duck and Goose Hunting Dad! We even saw a goose that was double banded! It isn't very common but it is a big deal when hunting if you get a bird with a band. The bands around their leg or neck is put on them to track the migration patterns for conservation and for learning. They mark where they banded them and when you hunt and get a banded bird you call in and tell them where the end was, that way they know the flight patterns and can create better marshes, ponds and lakes for breeding and living. It's actually pretty cool! The kids loved to see that goose also, but still not as much as Brad!!!!