The main reason I went to Gunsan was to see birds. There is a duck called the Baikal teal that winters in the area. More than 100,000 teals gather, and when they fly up into the air, they look like a moving cloud. We saw a lot of teals on the river, but they didn’t move, and they were too far away to see clearly. I hired a taxi to take me around in the late afternoon. The driver took me to several places, but we couldn’t find any ducks. We found a lot of geese in the rice paddies instead. Finally, as we were driving back to Gunsan, we saw ducks and geese flying above the rice paddies. It was too dark to get a good picture, but I was happy! My wife says that I am just like a K-pop fan. I go everywhere to see my feathered idols!  (151 words)

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