Flying Geese

One of the first big quests that I've ever sent myself on was to get a picture of a bird in flight. I found myself spinning in crazed circles trying to catch a few birds flying past me. I quickly found out that birds enjoy teasing humans that try this sort of thing. Why else would they take turns flying complete circles around me?

But geese, geese are different than all of those other mean spirited little birds. After those cruel creatures broke my heart out of frustration, it was the geese that came and saved me. Geese were the first birds that made it easy for me to get a few pictures while they soared happily in the sky.

 Since then I have gotten very many pictures of my friends flying above me. I watched as the would take off, and I watched as they landed, sometimes seemingly crashing onto the surface of a pond or lake. These pictures I show you now are so close that my humble camera shows them clearly.

These two were part of a flock of maybe six. I only got these in the shot because they were so close. Even though they move slow enough for me to get these pictures, flying still takes a considerable amount of speed, so I couldn't get the entire flock most of the time. The top picture actually shows three of them, although there were more.

One of these days I'll decide to finally put the video part of my camera to good use and give you some good action of these crazy birds flying around. In these pictures they almost look as if they're just hanging there in the sky. Look very closely, there are no strings at all.

Canada geese like these are probably deservedly considered as pests around here by many people. But I think of them as my friends, for very many reasons. Mostly because I'm not the one who has to clean up after them. They can also be dangerous at times, but they have always only acted as my friends.