Green Grass, White Cheeks

I spotted these guys near the Linfield campus on my way home. I walked over to them, hoping they would fly just a little ways. Nope. They waddled across the lush greenness away from me, refusing to use their wings at all. Maybe these are the great walking geese of Canada, those who, like Erica Jong, fear flying, so they walk their way down. The complete flock held probably 500 or so of these little fellows, but they all had the same "exuberant" attitude toward gaining flight. Not so much.