This shutterbug asks: why does this goose look bug-eyed? #Wordless Wednesday #Saw a ghost, Nessie?

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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18 Responses to This shutterbug asks: why does this goose look bug-eyed? #Wordless Wednesday #Saw a ghost, Nessie?

  1. J P's avatar J P says:
    September 9, 2026 at 8:13 am

    Raised by turtles?

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  2. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    September 9, 2026 at 8:37 am

    Looking for food?

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 9, 2026 at 7:51 pm

      That could be Anne – it had a strange look about it, like it saw a ghost. At first I put it down to the fact that all our waterfowl were molting at the time and it takes a lot out of them, losing the feathers, picking at new feathers and a general malaise and that perhaps it had either resigned itself to feeling poorly or was just exasperated and thought about stepping off that rocky ledge and cooling off by plunging into the water to relieve the itching.

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  3. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    September 9, 2026 at 8:38 am

    Looks perfect to me!

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  4. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    September 9, 2026 at 3:18 pm

    Ms. Goose is admiring her shadow on the water……………………………..

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  5. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    September 9, 2026 at 3:59 pm

    Enamored with her reflection!

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  6. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    September 10, 2026 at 3:41 pm

    He does look bug eyed ! lol

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  8. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    September 13, 2026 at 12:21 pm

    This head-tucked look always seems awkward to me, as if the head is out of proportion with the much larger body. But maybe the pose is akin to a human in the fetal position; a way of bringing comfort even if fully exposed to the elements.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 13, 2026 at 6:06 pm

      Dave, it amazes me how quickly these waterfowl change neck positions – it makes them look like an entirely different bird. I see it in Herons especially; one minute it is craning its long neck, fully outstretched and a minute later, it is up close to their body. Something about this goose did not look right with me.

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  9. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    September 15, 2026 at 3:14 am

    He doesn’t want to get his body wet…only his feet!

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