Plump and sweet and out of reach,
I watched this goose pursue
a frozen treat, she’d love to eat
without quite falling through.
Two roads exist to this dessert
both equal in reward.
One requires cunning
the other leaves her bored.
To swim her way through broken ice
and snatch the berry quick
or find the only frozen path
on ice that’s firm and thick.
Today she’ll [...]

I raced down to the Lake to catch the site of the snow falling on the water. This Swan Goose became immediately agitated at my presence and tracked my movement around the Lake’s edge. I decided to simply ignore her and continued to snap pictures until she came very close and began hissing. [...]