Photographs: Ducks and Geese

When I was little, my mom and her friend would meet up at this little restaurant by the water and send my friend and I to feed the ducks. Very rarely did any of the restaurants day old bread make it into the beak of a duck. The geese always bullied their way to us and usually stole the bread from us before we knew what happened.

Since then, I’ve been a little afraid of geese. I find this strange about myself. How can I be OK with swimming in the ocean and going in a shark cage but geese give me the jitters?

On Wednesday, my friend and I met up at the staff room to clean it. After a few hours breathing in the dust of old dictionaries that really needed to go, I needed some fresh air. As I drove home, I pulled in to a nearby park and found myself taking pictures at the duck pond.

The ducks were friendly though quickly disappointed by my lack of food. A few people came by to feed them. I’m not sure if it is left over from my bad childhood experiences or due to an understanding of ecosystems, but I felt a bit guilty watching people feed the ducks. Are we taking the wild out of them?

Then came the geese. I found a bit of that fear rise in me. They felt no need to keep a distance but I did. (I was thankful for my zoom lens.)

Then this white goose with beautiful blue eyes walked towards me.

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“OK,” I told myself, “You are an adult. There is nothing to be afraid of.”

I sat down and took some fun photos and only got up and backed away a few times when they’d head right for me. So I could get good shots… yeah that’s the ticket.

Some is a bit of an understatement. I told myself I could only put 50 photos in the packet I posted to TpT. After going through and deleting photos I still had 100 that I did. I had my husband sit with me and find the best. If you buy this set and think, I wish I had a photo of.. email me, I probably have it.

The geese were fairly friendly.

They didn’t really seem to like the pigeons. I included a fun shot of a goose poking a pigeon with his beak. I thought it could be a fun writing prompt.

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One of my favorite moments of the day was watching a sea gull land on a goose. The goose had no idea it was coming, and I’m not sure what the sea gull’s problem was. Maybe a goose scared him once like they did me. Whatever the motive, it made me laugh. I didn’t include the photo in the set because you can’t really see the goose, but here it is.

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Photos for Teacher Authors to use on TpT.

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