I was thinking about taking a photo of this Greylag Goose (Anser anser) and wrote an article about wading through a swamp full of crocodiles and mosquitoes to get a shot of this shy bird.
Ultimately, however, I concluded that there are no crocodiles in the Czech Republic except in zoos, and that no one who has been to the Třeboň region in summer would believe me anyway, as there are plenty of infamous bloodthirsty mosquitoes in South Bohemia.
Well, the goose wasn't shy. I stopped my bike on the pond embankment, knelt down, and took a nice photo from an angle as if I were in a hide. That's why I take pictures in the first place.
Usually, I take pictures of birds from above, either as they float on the water when the road is higher, or from below when they sit in a tree. Otherwise, for iNaturalist, I photograph the family group so you can see how many young there are; I don't worry about the quality.
