I have been walking 6 days a week for the past six months as part of my weight loss journey. It has really helped with not only the exercise but also mentally. When I am on daily walks I have a chance to really think things out, clear my mind, do some planning or just day dream; I do it all! Recently, I have had new experiences with nature. Mostly animals, bugs, critters, etc. I always see lots of bugs, I live in Florida so it comes with the territory, lizards and turtles. I see lots of birds and water fowl, wild turkeys, deer, snakes and more. Since I have encountered so much nature I have a few stories to tell. In the next few weeks I will share some of the stories with you. For today, I will share what actually happened today.
I was about a mile and half into my 5 mile walk when I came upon some Muscovy ducks guarding the sidewalk. The sidewalk is next to a pond and usually the ducks are near the pond. Not this morning, they were on the sidewalk and did not want to move. I went left to avoid them...they went left. I went right and they went right. At this point I was not wanting to play this game and walked right towards them. They moved. These ducks will go after you or even chase you down so I did look over my shoulder after I passed to make sure I left them behind. I thought my duck encounter was over but I was wrong. I continued walking and when I came across another pond I had another duck encounter. I decided just to walk straight on and they did move. I continued to walk and at the next pond the same thing and this continued as I passed two more ponds. I am not sure why all of a sudden the ducks were being sidewalk guardians but they were. On my return, the same way I came, I had all the same encounters but it all worked out and no one was hurt during these encounters. I am hoping tomorrow will be a duck free day.
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